In the Forest of Fontainbleau
c. 1850 · Charcoal, with stumping and black pastel, heightened with touches of white chalk, on dark tan wove paper, laid down on tan wood pulp board · 28.5 × 42.4 cm (11 1/4 × 16 3/4 in.)
Rousseau, In the Forest of Fontainbleau, c. 1850. Charcoal, with stumping and black pastel, heightened with touches of white chalk, on dark tan wove paper, laid down on tan wood pulp board.
The Art Institute of Chicago · Harold Joachim Purchase Fund
How to look at a Rousseau
- Pick one branch at the trunk and follow it to the twigs without losing it.
- Count the forks between trunk and the thinnest visible twig.
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