id:			121871
accession number:	1942.2.13.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.2.13.b
updated:		2023-08-23 20:11:42.040000

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

title:				Double-leaf Doors
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creation date:			1790s
creation date earliest:		1790
creation date latest:		1799
current location:		202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts
creditline:			Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	oil on wood
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - French 18th Century
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Pierre Rousseau (French, 1751–1829)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 274 x 63 cm (107 7/8 x 24 13/16 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Said by Wildenstein & Co. (letter of January 19,1942) to have come from 193 Boulevard St. Germain, Paris (known at the time as 21 and 23 rue St. Dominique), a private house, supposedly built after plans by Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698—1782). Comte Hippolyte Terray, owner of the house from about 1830; Marquise de Belleuf (daughter of Comte Terray); Comte de Waresquiel; Arthur Veil-Picard; [Wildenstein & Co., Paris]; Grace Rainey Rogers, purchased in 1913. Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey, 1942 and 1944.
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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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 3. European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
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IMAGES

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