DrawingsFrench19th century

Great Oak

1842

Artists

Théodore RousseauArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on blue-gray antique laid paper, discolored to pale tan

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.5 × 42.4 cm (10 7/16 × 16 11/16 in.) mat: 56 × 68.7 cm (22 1/16 × 27 1/16 in.) frame: 60 × 72.7 × 3 cm (23 5/8 × 28 5/8 × 1 3/16 in.)

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