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| Keywords: Théodore Rousseau - A Swamp in the Landes - Walters 37991.jpg 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 after 1844 oil on panel cm 41 7 56 7 ; Framed cm 76 52 91 44 15 56 accession number 37 991 35806 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 city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1917 Signature signed in red in lower left Th Rousseau Salute to Belgium Before Monet Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters Highlights from The Walters Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998 The Road to Impressionism Landscapes from Corot to Manet The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2004-2005 The Road to Impressionism Barbizon Landscapes from the Walters Art Museum The Dixon Gallery and Gardens Memphis; The Frick Art Historical Center Pittsburgh 2008-2009 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Jack S Blanton Museum of Art Austin 2010-2011 place of origin Bordeaux France Walters Art Museum license 2D Salute to Belgium Paintings by Théodore Rousseau French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Marshes in art | ||||
