Sunset from the Forest of Fontainebleau

Théodore Rousseau, 1848

This painting shows a serene landscape framed by trees under a sky filled with gray light. The tree trunks to the left and right are textured, and in the center there are cattle near a reflective body of water.… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Théodore Rousseau ¹
Date: 1848 ¹
Medium: oil on paper over black chalk or conté crayon, laid down on canvas, on stretcher ¹
Original: 4,837 × 3,403 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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