A River in a Meadow

Théodore Rousseau's "A River in a Meadow" is an oil on wood painting, measuring 16 3/4 x 26 1/8 inches (42.5 x 66.4 cm), created circa 1840. The work is classified as a painting within the European Paintings department and was a bequest of Collis P. Huntington in 1900 to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. No information regarding its culture, specific provenance, exhibitions, or literature is provided in the available data.

Théodore Rousseau (1812–1867) was a French painter, as indicated by his artist authority record. No specific nationality is listed, but his birth and death years confirm his lifetime.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds several other works by Rousseau, offering context for his artistic output. These include landscapes such as "The Forest in Winter at Sunset" (ca. 1846–67), "The Pond (La Mare)" (1855), "A Meadow Bordered by Trees" (ca. 1845–60), and "A River Landscape" (ca. 1845–50). Other notable holdings include "An Early Summer Morning in the Forest of Fontainebleau" (probably 1861) and "The Edge of the Woods at Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau Forest" (1852–54).