Valley of Saint-Ferjeux, Doubs
Théodore ROUSSEAU
(French, 1812-1867)
Valley of Saint-Ferjeux, Doubs
Dateca. 1860-62
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsoverall: 33 3/8 × 53 1/4 in. (84.8 × 135.3 cm)
frame: 54 1/8 × 68 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (137.5 × 174.6 × 11.4 cm)
crate: 75 × 86 × 23 in. (190.5 × 218.4 × 58.4 cm)
ClassificationPAINTINGS
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of Lady Ridley-Tree in honor of Phillip M. Johnston
Object number2007.37
Subject(s)
- landscape
- valley
- hills
Collection
- 19th century French
On View
Not on viewCollections
Label TextRousseau probably intended this large-scale work for the Salon. However, compared to other works of a similar size, it is clear that this painting is unfinished, with large areas of the composition blocked out but not fully worked up to the artist’s customary level of detail. It is an interesting record of Rousseau’s working methods, by which he built up successive layers of pigment to achieve a complex, textured surface. Nevertheless, this sweeping view of a valley in the Doubs region of the Franche-Comté, an area of France near the Swiss border, testifies to Rousseau’s mastery even in the last decade of his career.
