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A Village in a Valley

late 1820s
Not on view
Rousseau was not yet twenty years old when he painted this study from nature during one of his many expeditions into the countryside around Paris in the late 1820s. It is probably the painting described as a view of the plain of Saint-Ouen from the hill of Batignolles, with the forest of Montmorency in the distance, that was included in the 1867 retrospective of his work.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Village in a Valley
  • Artist: Théodore Rousseau (French, Paris 1812–1867 Barbizon)
  • Date: late 1820s
  • Medium: Oil on paper, mounted on canvas
  • Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 16 in. (23.2 x 40.6 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
  • Object Number: 32.100.133
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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