Leaving the Forest, Fontainebleau: Setting Sun

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Artist: Théodore Rousseau (French, 1812–1867)
Date: 1851
Medium: oil on fabric
Dimensions: framed: height 1.43 m, width 1.65 m, depth 0.13 m; unframed: height 1.091 m, width 1.302 m
Origin: France, 19th century
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Palette: Olive Ground · Yellow family · #332713 · 57%

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Image provider: cleveland-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: John L. Severance Fund

10 tags

Landscapes Both · 99%

The title identifies Fontainebleau as the location, and the image clearly depicts an extensive wooded landscape with trees, rocks, undergrowth, and a receding track.
Nature Visual · 98%

The scene is dominated by dense trees, tangled branches, undergrowth, exposed earth, rocks, and a forest track.
Atmospheric Landscapes Visual · 92%

The wooded scene has a strong atmospheric character, with veiled distance, broken light, and a transition from dark foreground foliage to a luminous opening.
Times of Day Both · 98%

The title specifies a setting sun, while the image shows warm, low light concentrated in the opening at the center background.

Dark Colors Visual · 98%

Deep brown, green, and umber passages dominate the composition, with limited areas of warm illumination.
Earth Tones Visual · 98%

The painting predominantly uses ocher, umber, brown, muted green, and subdued gold across the vegetation, ground, and sky.

Painting Metadata · 99%

The Cleveland Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting.
Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the medium as oil on fabric.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The work is dated 1851, placing it within the 19th century.

French Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog records the place of origin as France and dates the work to 1851.

Théodore Rousseau (French, 1812–1867). Leaving the Forest, Fontainebleau: Setting Sun. Cleveland Museum of Art.