The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 23, 2024
View of Saint-Cloud, Near the Seine
1809
Location: not on view
Description
This painting depicts the park associated with the royal Chateau of Saint-Cloud, famous for its terraced gardens overlooking the River Seine. At the left of the scene, one of the park's gazebos is set among the trees. This view from Saint-Cloud over the river was a traditional and popular one. Very little is known about the life of Pau de Saint-Martin. Most of his surviving works are landscapes, the titles of which indicate he painted in the Forest of Fontainebleau, southeast of Paris, as early as 1795. Perhaps the artist is most important as the teacher of his nephew Theodore Rousseau (1812–1867), who became the founder of the Barbizon school of landscape painting.- Clifford Duits, London 1967-68. Schaeffer Galleries, Inc., New York, 1973. Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. Given to the CMA on 20 October 1977.
- Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 486-487, Vol. II, no. 169
- Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1977.121