Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot: career timeline

French · 1796–1875 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 37 of 75 lots (49% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1820s21$60.2kSign upOil
1830s22$39.2kSign upDrawing
1840s32$53.7kSign upOil
1850s84$54.7kSign upOil
1860s1914$748Sign upEtching
1870s33$23.4kSign upOil

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1820s 2 works

Sold
1 of 2
Median
$60.2kSign up
Average
$60.2kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 12 in (27 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1830s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$39.2kSign up
Average
$39.2kSign up
Typical size
9 × 12.5 in (22 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (1)

1840s 3 works

Sold
2 of 3
Median
$53.7kSign up
Average
$53.7kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 7 in (19 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Oil (2), Etching (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1), Markets & villages (1)

1850s 8 works

Sold
4 of 8
Median
$54.7kSign up
Average
$71.8kSign up
Typical size
13 × 13 in (33 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Oil (3), Drawing (2), Other (2)
Subjects
Landscapes (2), Figures & portraits (1), Flowers & still life (1)

1860s 19 works

Sold
14 of 19
Median
$748Sign up
Average
$29.8kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 9 in (27 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Etching (11), Other (4), Oil (4)
Subjects
Landscapes (4), Cattle & animals (1)
Show 7 more (1860s)

1870s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$23.4kSign up
Average
$28.9kSign up
Typical size
12 × 7 in (31 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Oil (2), Etching (1)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1)

Creation date not recorded

38 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 5 works

Sold
5 of 5
Median
$3.7kSign up
Average
$11.2kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 16.5 in (32 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (2), Oil (2), Etching (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (1)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works

Sold
3 of 4
Median
$40.1kSign up
Average
$101kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 8.5 in (30 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Other (2), Etching (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (1)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 29 works

Sold
19 of 29
Median
$8.5kSign up
Average
$44.8kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 10.5 in (24 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Other (11), Oil (8), Drawing (5)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Markets & villages (3)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot auction results →