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The Pool (Memory of the Forest of Chambord), 1839. Oil on wood.
Oil on wood · 12 3/4 in. × 16 in. (32.4 × 40.6 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- The Pool (Memory of the Forest of Chambord)
- Artist
- Théodore Rousseau (French, Paris 1812–1867 Barbizon)
- Date
- 1839
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 12 3/4 in. × 16 in. (32.4 × 40.6 cm) Framed: 17 1/2 × 21 in. (44.5 × 53.3 cm)
- Credit line
- Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1812–1867
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.