Théodore Rousseau
Forest of Fontainebleau
1844-1864
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Théodore Rousseau
Forest of Fontainebleau
1844-1864
Physical Qualities
Oil on wood panel, 10 1/16 x 13 in. (25.6 x 33 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.45.238
Théodore Rousseau has been for twenty-five years the first apostle of truth
in landscape. He made a breach in the wall of the historic school, which
had lost the habit of regarding nature . . . .This audacious innovator
opened an enormous door by which many others have followed him.
–Edmond About, Nos Artistes au Salon de 1857
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; George A. Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection", 1911.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Modern Painting Isms and How They Grew", January 12-February 11, 1940.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965.
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, March 18, 1970.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nature Revealed: Landscapes and Still Lifes from the George A. Lucas Collection", circulated to Government House, Annapolis, November 15, 2000-January 23, 2001.
Sona K. Johnson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated by Brain Trust to Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, January 11-February 16, 2003; Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba, February 27-March 30, 2003; Okazaki City Museum, April 5-May 18, 2003; Suntory Museum, Osaka, May 24-July 6, 2003; Miyazaki Prefectural Museum, July 12-August 17, 2003.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century", February 7-May 8, 2016.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Modern Painting Isms and How They Grew", January 12-February 11, 1940.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965.
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, March 18, 1970.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nature Revealed: Landscapes and Still Lifes from the George A. Lucas Collection", circulated to Government House, Annapolis, November 15, 2000-January 23, 2001.
Sona K. Johnson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated by Brain Trust to Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, January 11-February 16, 2003; Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba, February 27-March 30, 2003; Okazaki City Museum, April 5-May 18, 2003; Suntory Museum, Osaka, May 24-July 6, 2003; Miyazaki Prefectural Museum, July 12-August 17, 2003.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century", February 7-May 8, 2016.
"Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection," Baltimore: The Maryland Institute, 1911, p. 48, cat. no. 230.
"George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute: An Exhibition at The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1965, p. 55, cat. no. 240.
Sona K. Johnson et al, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art" catalogue committee, 2003, no. 36, p. 69, ill.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Inscribed: FRAME VERSO: CR, BMA cat./1965/#241
