Lot 123
123
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF GEORGE L. WEIL
Theodore Rousseau* (French, 1812-1867)

Details
Theodore Rousseau* (French, 1812-1867)

Crepuscule en Fôret de Fontainebleau

signed 'TH.Rousseau.' lower left--oil on canvas
5½ x 8¼in. (14 x 21cm.)
Provenance
A.H. King, sale, February 5, 1900
Meyer H. Lehman, New York
Mrs. Harriet Lehman Weil and Mrs. Bertha Lehman Rosenheim
Mrs. Elsie Rosenheim Weil and Dr. Henry Lehman Weil
George L. Weil, Washington, D.C. (by 1952)

Lot Essay

This work is similar to Vaches à la mare (Musée du Louvre, no. 1446), and to a second painting that was sold in the Margueritte sale (Paris, Hotel Drouot, April 2, 1914, no. 64).

The authenticity of this painting has been confirmed by the Comité Rousseau. It will be reproduced in the Catalogue raisonné of Rousseau's paintings in preparation by Pierre Miquel.

This painting will be included in volume II of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné on Rousseau by Michel Schulman.