Double-leaf Doors
1790s
Pierre Rousseau
Pierre Rousseau (French, 1751–1829)
European Painting and Sculpture
Double-leaf Doors, 1790s. Pierre Rousseau (French, 1751–1829). Oil on wood; unframed: 274 x 63 cm (107 7/8 x 24 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey 1942.2.13.b 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Rousseau, Pierre
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 274 x 63 cm (107 7/8 x 24 13/16 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1942.2.13.b
- Credit Line
- Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts
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