Théodore Rousseau

Estate of the Artist (sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Vente Théodore Rousseau, 27th & 30th April 1868)
Claude Aubry, Paris
Acquired from the above by the late owner in April 1985

Bourges, Les peintres de Barbizon à travers la France, 1973, no. 10
Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz,  Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 1999, no. 94, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, 1999, no. 113, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo. Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Coleccion Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2000, no. 119, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, La Passion du Dessin. Collection Jan et Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2002, no. 105, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Antoine Terasse, L'Univers de Théodore Rousseau, Paris, 1976, illustrated pp. 34-35
Michel Schulman, Théodore Rousseau. Catalogue Raisonné de l'Œuvre graphique, Paris, 1997, vol. I, no. 709, catalogued and illustrated p. 326 & illustrated in colour pl. XVI 

This work is in good overall condition. Executed on papercard, the sheet is not laid down and is hinged to the mat at the upper left and right corners. The artist's pinholes are visible in the upper-left, upper-right, lower-right, and just to the right of the lower-left corners. The sheet has yellowed somewhat overall and there is light surface dirt. There are scattered small spots, predominantly in the upper half of the sky, which appear to relate to spots of foxing which have been removed and retouched. Presented in a coved and fluted gilt frame, with the mat covering the extreme edges of the sheet, under glass.
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