![Theodore Rousseau - A Swamp in the Landes [after 1844] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vkKWLEPUd_8K7cLlhHCqs1CYtBscZiyC2qr3P_p24LSXKTM_Y8F1ZNDNsm9mVKKcEpIITPXo2OG5Rdl-30V8PkAkEO3WmqPZd6UzYffd9HLxXRyO8sqyBPfLpHJKdZxw=s0-d)
Rousseau (French, 1812 – 1867) worked on the Normandy coast early in his career but also studied the sea on a visit to the Landes region in southwestern France in 1844. Here, he depicts a luminous view looking out across expansive marshes with sails visible on the horizon. Technical analysis of a cross section of this painting has demonstrated that Rousseau was using the recently discovered pigment emerald green.
[Oil on panel, 41.7 x 56.7 cm]
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