Add to Collection

Add this item to an existing or new collection.
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

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

THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS.

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

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

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu