Theodore Rousseau

(French, 1812-1867)

L'étang, coucher de soleil, 1848

oil on cradled panel

signed TH. ROUSSEAU (lower right)

10 x 13 in. (25.1 x 33.5cm)

Property from the Collection of Raphael Yakoby, New York

Brame & Lorenceau confirmed the authenticity of this work in 2023, and it is included in their archives of the Artist.

Provenance:

The Artist

Brame & Durand-Ruel, Paris, purchased from the Artist

Charles Blanc

Laurent-Richard

Sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 23-25, 1878, Lot 66

Baron de Beurnonville

Sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 29, 1880, Lot 49

William Schaus

Sold: Chickering Hall, New York, February 28, 1896, Lot 10 (as Glow after Sundown)

Knoedler Gallery, New York

Anna H. Wilstach, Philadelphia

Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia

A Private American Collection, purchased c. 1960s-70s

Sold: Christie's, London, December 14, 2023, Lot 48

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited:

Paris, Cercle des Arts, Études peintes par Théodore Rousseau, June 1867, no. 64

Literature:

M. Schulman, Théodore Rousseau: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 1999, p. 235, no. 403, illustrated (engraving)

L'étang, coucher de soleil, 1848