Artist
Théodore Rousseau (French, 1812–1867)French, 1812–1867
CultureFrench
Titles
- The Great Oaks of Old Bas-Bréau
Date1864
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 35 1/2 × 46 in. (90.2 × 116.8 cm)
Frame: 46 1/4 × 56 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (117.5 × 144.1 × 8.9 cm)
Frame: 46 1/4 × 56 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (117.5 × 144.1 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund
Object number72.87
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
220 McNair Gallery
Exposé
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanObject Type
Exhibition History"A Permanent Heritage: Major Works from the Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 23, 1980–January 4, 1981.
"Millet, Corot and the School of Barbizon," Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo, Japan, April 19–May 18, 1980.
“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.
"Theodore Rousseau Retrospective," Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, LLC, New York, February 6–March 16, 2002.
"From Corot to Monet, Painters and Photographers in the Forest of Fontainebleau," National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., March 2–June 8, 2008; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 13–October 19, 2008.
"Open-Air Painting," Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, February 5–May 12, 2013.
"Theodore Rousseau," The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, June 21–September 11, 2016; Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, October 13, 2016–January 8, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed, recto at lower left: "TH Rousseau"
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Théodore Rousseau
1861
Etching on laid paper
80.101
Lazzaro Baldi
no date
Oil on canvas
72.19
Nicolas Bertin
1718
Oil on canvas
69.5
Théodore Rousseau
c. 1833
Watercolor and oil paint over black chalk on wove paper
2007.462