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Fontainebleau

c. 1860s

Alphonse Jeanrenaud

Associated Names

Alphonse Jeanrenaud

Artist, French, 1835 - 1895

The image shows a path lined with rocks winding through a woodland area with large trees forming a canopy overhead. The detail in the image is sharp, capturing textures of tree bark, leaves, and rocks. The color palette is sepia, with shades of brown and cream. Rocks and foliage dominate the scene, extending into the dense forest where the path disappears among the trees.

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Artwork overview

Medium

albumen silver print
Credit Line

The Amy Rose Silverman Fund and Robert B. Menschel Fund
Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to image): 32 x 26 cm (12 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)
Accession Number

1999.70.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Robert Hershkowitz, Ltd., Sussex, England); purchased with donated funds from Amy Rose Silverman by NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Robert Hershkowitz, Ltd.

Exhibition History

2008

In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet, National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 2008, no. 56.

2010

Da Corot a Monet. La sinfonia della natura., Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, 2010, unnumbered catalogue.

Wikidata ID

Q64073860

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