The Descent of the Cattle in the Haut-Jura Mountains (sketch)
Théodore Rousseau (1812 - 1867), c. 1834-1835
oil on canvas, 114 cm x 59.8 cm
Credits: The Mesdag Collection, The Hague
- Object number
- hwm0287
- Dimensions
- 114 cm x 59.8 cm, 155 cm x 101 cm, 14 cm
- Provenance
- Sold by the artist, Paris, to Hector Brame and Paul Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1866; acquired by Hendrik Willem Mesdag, The Hague, between 1888 and 1892; Collection Museum Mesdag donated by Hendrik Willem Mesdag and Sientje Mesdag-van Houten to the State of the Netherlands, 14 May 1903; Rijksmuseum H.W. Mesdag, The Hague, from 1 August 1903; in trust of the Mauritshuis, The Hague, between 1934 and 1990; in trust of the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, from 1 April 1990; Museum Mesdag, in trust of the Van Gogh Museum Foundation, Amsterdam, from 1 July 1994, under the name of De Mesdag Collectie from 2011.
- artist
- Théodore Rousseau
- Credits
- The Mesdag Collection, The Hague
Paris, Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Théodore Rousseau. The revelation of nature., 5 March-7 July 2024
Arles, Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles, Van Gogh. Coleurs du Nord, couleurs du Sud, 4 April-31 August 2014
Nagoya, Nagoya City Art Museum, Van Gogh. The adventure of becoming an artist, 22 February-10 April 2011
Fukuoka, Kyushu National Museum, Van Gogh. The adventure of becoming an artist, 28 December 2010-13 February 2011
Tokyo, National Art Center, Van Gogh.The adventure of becoming an artist, 1 October-20 December 2010
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, De keuze van Vincent. Van Goghs Musée imaginaire, 14 February-15 June 2003
Presutti, Kelly, Land into landscape : art, environment, and the making of modern France, New Haven, 2024, pp. 126-128
Jonkman, Mayken, Dijk, Maite van, Bakker, Nienke, The Dutch in Paris 1789-1914, Bussum, 2017, p. 78, 80
Jonkman, Mayken, Dijk, Maite van, Bakker, Nienke, Les Hollandais à Paris 1789-1914, Paris, 2017, p. 78, 80
Jonkman, Mayken, Dijk, Maite van, Bakker, Nienke, Nederlanders in Parijs 1789-1914, Bussum, 2017, p. 78, 80
Heugten, Sjraar van, Curiger, Bice, Clergue, Yolande, Van Gogh : colours of the north, colours of the south, Arles, 2014, p. 20, 23, 115
Heugten, Sjraar van, Curiger, Bice, Clergue, Yolande, Van Gogh : coulours du nord, coulours du sud, Arles, 2014, p. 20, 23, 115
Dijk, Maite van, Suijver, Renske, Fitski, M., Smits, C., De Mesdag Collectie, Amsterdam, 2011, p. 85, 94
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Bodt, Saskia de, Leeman, Fred, Leeuw, Ronald de, Pennock, Hanna, Museum Mesdag : catalogue of paintings and drawings, Zwolle, 1996, p. 201, 382-384
