Henri Rousseau
The Eiffel Tower

ArtistFrench, 1844–1910
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Eiffel Tower
Datec. 1898
PlaceParis, France
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions20 5/8 × 30 3/8 in. (52.4 × 77.2 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number98.299
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
226 Beck Galleries
On view

Explore Further

Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Paris; [Wildenstein and Co., New York, 1968]; Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, Houston, 1968; gift of Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck to MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED: Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck", 1974, pp. 82-83.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed, lower left, recto: "Henri Rousseau"
View this object in The Beck Collection

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Washerwomen
Paul Sérusier
c. 1891–1892
Oil on canvas
98.300
Eiffel Tower, Reflected
Maurice Tabard
c. 1950
Gelatin silver print
97.630
Eiffel Tower, Paris
Josef Breitenbach
1924–1928
Gelatin silver print
2002.238
Painter on the Eiffel Tower
Marc Riboud
1953
Gelatin silver print
99.82
Eiffel Tower
László Moholy-Nagy
1925
Gelatin silver print
84.234
The Voyage of Life: Childhood
James Smillie
c. 1855
Engraving on paper, proof
B.2006.9.1
Funerary Mask
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2004.2495
Sunset on the Lagoon, Venice
Henri Edmond Cross
c. 1903–1904
Oil on canvas
98.276
Reliquary Monstrance from the Guelph Treasure
early 15th century
Copper-gilt, silver, and enamel
70.16
Canal Saint-Martin
Georges Braque
1906
Oil on canvas
98.271
The Admirer
Jean-Louis Forain
c. 1877–1879
Oil on canvas, mounted on wood
98.281
Landscape on the Banks of the Marne
Henri Rousseau
1898
Oil on canvas
56.24