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Pierre Rousseau

Double-leaf Doors

1790s
oil on wood
274 × 63 cm (107.9 × 24.8 in)

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Shifts in style and taste often result in changes to original architectural details. Rousseau painted these doors with imitation dark wood grain. Another craftsman later scraped off the dark color surrounding the classical designs.

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