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Panoramic Landscape (Paysage panoramique)

In this sweeping view of a village nestled at the base of a foothill, Rousseau divides his composition into horizontal bands of hazy, atmospheric sky and fertile valley. Demonstrating his technical virtuosity, the painter contrasts a delicate touch for trees and rooftops in the middle distance with broad, gestural strokes of green, cream, and brown, which he uses to summarily define the rounded contours and varied foliage of the slope in the foreground.

Artist: Théodore Rousseau, French, 1812-1867
Medium: Oil on paper mounted on canvas
Place Made: France
Dates: ca. 1831-1834
Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 11 1/2 in. (14.3 x 29.2 cm)
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Beaux-Arts Court, South, 3rd Floor
Accession Number: 1999.30
Credit Line: Healy Purchase Fund B
Image: Overall, 1999.30_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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