Harvard Art Museums > 4.2017: Valley of the Rouars in the Gorges d’Apremont Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Valley of the Rouars in the Gorges d’Apremont (Théodore Rousseau) , 4.2017,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 15, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/357286. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 4.2017 People Théodore Rousseau, French (Paris 1812 - 1867 Barbizon) Title Valley of the Rouars in the Gorges d’Apremont Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date c. 1855 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/357286 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil and pastel on panel Dimensions 41 × 64 cm (16 1/8 × 25 3/16 in.) Frame: 60 × 82 cm (23 5/8 × 32 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks label: center left of support, printed text: COLLECTION / CLAUDE AUBRY inscription: center left, graphite: 97 inscription: center, right, black stencil: 1550 label: upper center, printed text, serrated edges: 2653 label: upper center, printed text: 14.556 inscription: center, graphite: 2 inscription: bottom right edge of frame, black marked: 13 [encircled] inscription: upper right of frame, white chalk: [illegible text] inscription: center right, black stencil: 506BZ [Christie's Stock Number] inscription: black ink: 9576 inscription: blue chalk: 1346505991 inscription: black ink: Petite valleé des Rouars. inscription: lower right, on tape between frame and object, blue pen: 65 [encircled] label: left side of frame, handwritten text: 75 - Provenance Recorded Ownership History Armand François Paul des Friches, comte Doria, Château d’Orrouy (d. 1896); to his estate, sold; [through his sale Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 4-5, 1899, lot 214]. [Knoedler, London and New York]. [1] G.N. Stevens, London, sold; through his sale [Christie, Manson & Woods, London, June 14, 1912, lot 55]; to [Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Paris, Knoedler & Co., New York, and Georges Bernheim, Paris], sold; to [Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, August 6, 1912], transferred to New York stock, sold; to unknown purchaser, October 11, 1913]. Private Collector, Chicago, sold [through Sotheby's, New York, May 27, 1982, lot 109A]. [Claude Aubry, Paris], by descent; to his wife, sold; to [Thierry Normand, Paris, October 2011], sold; to Private Collection, March 2012 Notes [1] Knoedler is listed in the two catalogues raisonnés as prior to Stevens. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Private Collection Object Number 4.2017 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions 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 Arsène Alexandre and Léon Roger-Milès, Album-souvenir de la collection Armand Doria, Galerie Georges Petit (Paris, 1899), p. 46, repr. Catalogue de tableaux modernes..., auct. cat., Galerie Georges Petit (Paris, May 4-5, 1899), p. 66, lot no. 214 Collection de M. le Comte Armand Doria, auct. cat., Imprimerie Georges Petit (Paris, 1899), lot no. 214, repr. Walther Gensel, Millet und Rousseau, Verlag von Velhagen & Klafing (Leipzig, 1902), pp. 95, 98, repr. p. 95 as pl. 22 Catalogue of Important Pictures and Drawings of the Barbizon School and Works by Modern English Artists, the Property of G. N. Stevens, Esq., auct. cat., Christie, Manson and Woods, Ltd. (London, June 14, 1912), p. 17, lot 55, repr. Important 19th Century European Paintings, auct. cat., Sotheby's, New York (New York, May 27, 1982), lot no. 109A, repr. Michel Schulman, Théodore Rousseau, 1812-1867: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre graphique, Éditions de l'amateur (Paris, 1997), p. 263, cat. no. 527, repr. Michel Schulman, Théodore Rousseau, 1812-1867: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Éditions de l'amateur (Paris, 1999), p. 293, cat. no. 560, repr. Rolande Miquel and Pierre Miquel, Theodore Rousseau, 1812-1867, Somogy Éditions d'Art (Paris, 2010), p. 111, ill. Théodore Rousseau, 1812-1867: Le renouveau de la peinture de paysage, exh. cat., Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Maison d'Armande Béjart, Meudon (Meudon, 2013), p. 16, repr. Edouard Kopp and Scott Allan, Unruly Nature: The Landscapes of Théodore Rousseau, exh. cat., J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, 2016), p. 34, cat. no. 47, repr. p. 135 Exhibition History Théodore Rousseau, 1812-1867: Le renouveau de la peinture de paysage, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Maison d'Armande Béjart, Meudon, 02/23/2013 - 04/28/2013 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/11/2017 - 07/18/2019 Unruly Nature: The Landscape of Thédore Rousseau, J. Paul Getty Museum, 06/21/2016 - 09/11/2016; Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 10/13/2016 - 01/08/2017 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