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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
The quintessential Barbizon artist, Rousseau was romantically in love with nature. He spent the better part of twenty years living in near poverty in a cottage in the village of Barbizon, painting in a converted barn. The Fisherman is an early drawing by the artist, probably executed on the outskirts of Paris. The tree, the foreground grasses and rocks, and the humble form of the fisherman at rest are rendered with great specificity. Rousseau thought of each tree in the Forest of Fontainebleau as being almost human, each marked by a particular fate and struggle.
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Jan Hackaert (Dutch, 1629–c. 1700) — The Serpentine Road
Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788) — Scene with a Road
Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878) — The Pool wit
Ferdinand Kobell — Landscape with Lovers
Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century|Anonymous, Dutch, 18th centur
Jean Achille Benouville (French, 1815–1891) — View Near Tivo
Claude Lorrain (French, 1604–1682) — View of the Acqua Aceto
John Martin (British, 1789–1854) — A Man Playing a Harp with
Auguste Allongé (French, 1833–1898) — Gust of Wind on the Po
John Constable (British, 1776–1837) — Landscape with Trees S
Herman Naiwincx (Flemish, c. 1624–after 1651) — The River ne
Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878) — The Hydrauli
