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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.917
People
Théodore Rousseau, French (Paris 1812 - 1867 Barbizon)
Title
Great Oak
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Grand chêne sur le bord d'un rivière au Faÿ [Berri]
Alternate Title: Landscape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1842
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297763

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on blue-gray antique laid paper, discolored to pale tan
Dimensions
26.5 × 42.4 cm (10 7/16 × 16 11/16 in.)
mat: 56 × 68.7 cm (22 1/16 × 27 1/16 in.)
frame: 60 × 72.7 × 3 cm (23 5/8 × 28 5/8 × 1 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.917
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Eric M. Rosenberg and Miriam Stewart, The Harvest of 1830: The Barbizon Legacy, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 7

Exhibition History

  • The Harvest of 1830: the Barbizon Legacy, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/25/1990 - 10/21/1990

Verification Level

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