Théodore-Étienne-Pierre Rousseau (French, 1812- 1867)
Versant de la vallée de Saint-Vincent (Auvergne)
signed with artist initials 'TH.R' (lower left)
oil on paper on canvas
9¼ x 12 in. (23.5 x 30.5 cm.)
Painted in 1830.
Provenance
Artist's sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 27 April-2 May 1868.
Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Versailles, 24 November 1996, lot 15.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 22 April 2004, lot 86.
Literature
Exhibition Catalogue, Exposition des études peintes par M. Théodore Rousseau, Paris, Cercle des Arts, 1867, p.21.
M. Schulman, Théodore Rousseau, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1999, p. 106, no. 71 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Cercle des Arts, Expositions des études peintes par M. Théodore Rousseau, 1867, no. 16.
Lot Essay
Galerie Brame et Lorenceau has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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