Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
Property from a British Private Collection
Théodore Rousseau
Fontainebleau: on the edge of the forest with a girl in a red dress
Lot Closed
February 2, 07:08 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a British Private Collection
Théodore Rousseau
1812 - 1867
Fontainebleau: on the edge of the forest with a girl in a red dress
Watercolor and bodycolor over pencil, heightened with scratching out;
stamped lower left with the studio stamp: THR
184 by 239 mm; 7¼ by 9½ in.
Nelson Goodman, Schwenksville, Pennsylvania,
sale, London, Sotheby's, 7 July 1960, lot 108, bt Agnew's,
with Agnew's, London;
John Rewald (1912-1994), New York, (L.1514a);
with Spink & Son, London,
by whom sold to John Giles Pilcher (d. 1982),
by descent to the present owner
sale, London, Sotheby's, 7 July 1960, lot 108, bt Agnew's,
with Agnew's, London;
John Rewald (1912-1994), New York, (L.1514a);
with Spink & Son, London,
by whom sold to John Giles Pilcher (d. 1982),
by descent to the present owner
Rousseau was born in Paris, the son of a tailor from the Jura region. He first visited Fontainebleau in 1834 and from 1836 he began spending his summers at the nearby village of Barbizon. The forest's ancient trees provided him with much inspiration and he continued to paint in this area throughout his career.
The present watercolor once formed part of the collection of the eminent historian of French 19th-century art, John Rewald.
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