Landscape with Boatman, c. 1860

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 92

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 19.4 x 26.3 cm (7 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.)

framed: 39.4 x 46.4 x 5.7 cm (15 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

Accession Number

1949.1.10

Artists / Makers

Théodore Rousseau (artist) French, 1812 - 1867

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: TH.Rousseau.

Provenance

Solomon Goldschmidt; (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 17 May 1888, no. 45 as La Rivière); (Bague). (M. Knoedler & Co., New York).[1] Maurice Gentien;[2] (his sale, Galerie George Petit, 3-4 December 1923, no.45, as La Rivière); (M. Knoedler & Co., New York).[3] Acquired by 1941 by R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York;[4] gift 1949 to NGA.

[1] According to Michel Schulman, Theodor Rousseau 1812-1867, 2 vols., Paris, 1997-1999, this may be the same as the Paysage normand that Goldschmidt bought from Goupil in 1879, that Goupil had bought from Everard in 1875.

[2] A note on the NGA accession card mistakenly gives the name as Maurice Geautier.

[3] Per annotated sales catalogue in NGA library.

[2] The painting was Included in Gallatin's initial offer of his collection to the National Gallery of Art, which was accepted on an "if and when" basis in 1941; see NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Galerie Georges Petit
Gallatin, R. Horace
Gentien, Maurice
Goldschmidt, Solomon
Knoedler & Company, M.

Exhibition History

1954: Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1954-1955.

1967: Loan for display with permanent collection, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, 1967-1971.

2016: Unruly Nature: The Landscapes of Théodore Rousseau, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 2016-2017, no. 48, repro.

Bibliography

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 117.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 104, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 312, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 359, repro.

2000: Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 340-342, color repro.