Fisherman Moored at a Bank

Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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This elegiac composition of around 1870 is one of numerous scenes of fishermen in boats, frequently moored near a willow tree. The tiny intense red spot of the man's cap emphasises the subtlety of Corot's tones. He described the gentle melancholy of such works: 'Let us sit down by this pond still as a looking-glass. Nature has a weary look. Poor flowers! They know that the sylphs of evening are going to refresh them with dew'. Margaret Davies purchased this painting in 1908.
Title

Fisherman Moored at a Bank

Date

c.1870

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 33 x W 46.7 cm

Accession number

NMW A 2444

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Margaret Davies, 1963

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Frame: Label Corot. Pecheur amarre a la rive Label: (inscribed) Lent by Margaret S. Davies Gregynog. Newtown Corot. Pecheur amarre a la rive Label: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES ABERYSTWYTH TITLE OF PICTURE Pecheure Amarre a la Rive ARTIST Corot LENT BY The Misses Davies, Gregynog Stretcher: Label: Corot. Pecheur amarre a la Rive Inscribed: NMW 1039 63.173 Label: 139

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