Théodore Rousseau

Footpath in the Barbizonnières

1864 · Pen and brown and black ink, with watercolor, over graphite, on ivory wove paper · 12.3 × 20.4 cm (4 7/8 × 8 1/16 in.)

Footpath in the Barbizonnières, Rousseau, 1864
Art Institute of Chicago

Rousseau, Footpath in the Barbizonnières, 1864. Pen and brown and black ink, with watercolor, over graphite, on ivory wove paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Margaret Day Blake Fund

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