Theodore Rousseau (1812-1867)
Promenade en bateau
stamped with monogram (Lugt 3604; lower right) and stamped with initials 'TH-R' (Lugt 2436; lower left)
watercolor, brush and India and brown inks and pencil on paper
6 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. (16 x 27.7 cm.)
Provenance
Estate of the artist; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 27 April 1868. Henri Delacroix, Paris. Hector Brame, Paris. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia. Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 16 November 1983, lot 103. Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva. Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, October 1988.
Literature
M. Schulman, Théodore Rousseau, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre graphique, Paris, 1997, no. 153 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Paul Prouté, Dessins et Estampes, 1963, no. 55 (illustrated).