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A Swamp in the Landes
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Rousseau worked on the Normandy coast early in his career but also studied the sea on a visit to the Landes region in southwestern France in 1844. Here, he depicts a luminous view looking out across expansive marshes with sails visible on the horizon. Technical analysis of a cross section of this painting has demonstrated that Rousseau was using the recently discovered pigment emerald green.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Boyard Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Laurent-Richard Collection Sale, Paris, April 7, 1873, no. 51; Laurent Richard Collection Sale, Paris, 1886, no. 60; William. H. Fuller Sale, New York, 1898, no. 24; Isidor Wormser Sale, New York, American Art Association, 1917, no. 109; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2024-2025 | Reinstallation 2024: Art and Process. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2019-2020 | Inventing Acadia Landscape Painting in Louisiana. New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans. |
| 2016-2017 | Unruly Nature: The Landscapes of Theodore Rousseau . J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; NY Carlsberg Glyptotek, Kobenhavn. |
| 2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2010-2011 | 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin. |
| 2008-2009 | The Road to Impressionism: Barbizon Landscapes from the Walters Art Museum. The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; The Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh. |
| 2004-2005 | The Road to Impressionism: Landscapes from Corot to Manet. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1998 | Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1980 | Salute to Belgium. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 3/1/1957 | Treatment | coated; other |
| 11/18/2003 | Treatment | cleaned; coated; loss compenation |
Measurements
H: 16 3/8 × W: 22 5/16 × D: 1/8 in. (41.59 × 56.67 × 0.32 cm); Framed H: 30 1/16 × W: 36 1/8 × D: 6 1/8 in. (76.36 × 91.76 × 15.56 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1917
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.991