Théodore Rousseau
La Plaine, vue des hauteurs de Meudon (The Plain, seen from the Hills of Meudon)

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Artist Théodore Rousseau (French, 1812–1867)French, 1812–1867

CultureFrench

Titles

La Plaine, vue des hauteurs de Meudon (The Plain, seen from the Hills of Meudon)

Datec. 1833

PlaceFrance

MediumWatercolor and oil paint over black chalk on wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 10 11/16 × 14 9/16 in. (27.1 × 37 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Houston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Delta Delta Sorority

Object number2007.462

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThéodore Rousseau (1812-1867) (Lugt 2436); [Alfred Beurdeley sale, Modern Drawings, Pastels, Watercolors: Part Two, Galerie George Petit, Paris, November 30, December 1-2, 1920, lot 389]; Denys Sutton (1917-1991), London; inherited by the Sutton family; [W.M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York, by 2007]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition HistorySaint Petersburg, L' Art français à Saint-Pétersbourg: exposition centennale, 1912, p. 52, cat. no. 580 [not 581, as recorded in the Beurdeley sale] (catalogue by R. Jean)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked in pencil on verso lower right: "10667/tee?e"
"Th. Rousseau. La Plaine Vue des Hauteurs de Meudon"

Marked in blue pencil, verso upper left: "5659"

Marked in pencil verso center: "..ein Blanc ...ou.in" (?)

Marked recto lower left with the artist studio stamp (see acc. file for photocopy) and recto lower right: "TH.R"

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