Trees and Cottage
Théodore Rousseau
(French, 1812–1867)
after 1844
Medium/TechniqueBlack chalk, transfer drawing (counterproof)
DimensionsSheet: 53.3 x 67.9 cm (21 x 26 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John S. Ames
Accession number66.943
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ProvenanceRousseau atelier sale (L.30467), Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 27 – May 2, 1868, possibly lot 208 [“Habitations sous des chênes (dans les Landes). / Belle étude très-poussée sur papier vegetal] sold for Fr. 315 to Hector Brame and Paul Duand-Ruel, Paris (Durand-Ruel stock no. 10903); John Stanley Ames (b. 1878 - d. 1959), Boston; by descent to Mrs. John S. Ames (Anne McKinley (Filley) Ames); 1966, gift of Mrs. Ames to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 1966)
Unidentified artist, French, 18th century
Annibale Carracci
Giacomo Maria Giovannini
early 1690s
