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Leaving the Forest, Fontainebleau: Setting Sun

Leaving the Forest, Fontainebleau: Setting Sun

1851
(French, 1812–1867)
France, 19th century
oil on fabric
Framed: 143 x 165 x 13 cm (56 5/16 x 64 15/16 x 5 1/8 in.); Unframed: 109.1 x 130.2 cm (42 15/16 x 51 1/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1983.70
Location: not on view
  • Charles Edwards. His sale, Paris, Drouot, 7 March 1870 (lot 33), "Sortie de forêt au coucher du soleil (site du Bas-Bréau), 1.07 x 1.30 m; 1851, Exposition Universelle 1855," illustrated catalogue, 104 (repr.), ff 17,900 (sold to Saulnier according to annotated copy in the Frick Art Reference Library, N.Y.; sold to Brame according to an annotated copy in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris). Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris. Bought by Durand-Ruel & Cie (stock number 873), 12 March 1891, together with Corot's Cavaliers dans une allée, on behalf of James J. Hill, St. Paul. (Sent with the Corot to New York 18 March 1891.) Walter J. Hill, Livingston, Montana. Supposedly sold by Knoedler & Co., New York, in 1952 to a private collector in Beverly Hills, but the Knoedler stock book for 1952 does not list the painting. In the 1957 stock book, however, on 12 January, no. 5150, a Rousseau painting entitled "Wooded Landscape, 51œ x 43," was bought by Knoedler from Mrs. Charles McWilliams Jr. Sold to Richard L. Feigen for Edward D. Mittchell, Beverly Hills, on 16 January 1957. Sold by Richard L. Feigen & Co., on behalf of Mittchell, through Colnaghi, New York, to the CMA in 1983.
  • Homburg, Cornelia. Van Gogh: Into the Undergrowth. 2016. catalog number 14 114-115
    Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 563-564, Vol. II, no. 198
    Homburg, Cornelia. Van Gogh: Into the Undergrowth. [Cincinnati, Ohio]: Cincinnati Art Museum in association with D Giles Limited, 2016. Reproduced: P. 115, no. 14
  • Van Gogh: Into the Undergrowth. The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (organizer) (October 15, 2016-January 8, 2017).
    Cincinnati Art Museum, OH (10/15/2016 – 1/8/2017): "Van Gogh: Into the Undergrowth", cat. no. 14, p. 114-115.
    Rousseau Landscape Comparative Loan. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (September 1, 2007-March 1, 2008).
    L'Ecole de Barbizon. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 69001 Lyon, France (organizer) (June 20-September 9, 2002).
    Lyon, France. Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. "L'Ecole de Barbizon" (6/20/2002 - 9/9/2002), exh cat no. 102, p.198.
    La nascita dell'impressionismo. Casa dei Carraresi, 31100 Treviso, Italy (September 9, 2000-January 14, 2001).
    Treviso, Italy: Casa Dei Carreresi (organized by Linea d'ombra srl in Conegliano, Italy) (9/9/00-1/14/01) "La nascita dell'impressionismo"exh. cat. no. 53, p. 156.
    The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).
    Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts. Exposition Universelle de 1855 (1855), no. 3931, Sortie de forêt, Fontainebleau; coucher de soleil.
  • {{cite web|title=Leaving the Forest, Fontainebleau: Setting Sun|url=false|author=Théodore Rousseau|year=1851|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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