cma-european-art: Double-leaf Doors, Pierre Rousseau, 1790s, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Paint
cma-european-art: Double-leaf Doors, Pierre Rousseau, 1790s, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and SculptureShifts 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. This set was conserved in 1979 and retains more traces of the original graining than the other doors by this artist in the museum’s collection.Size: Unframed: 274 x 63 cm (107 7/8 x 24 13/16 in.)Medium: oil on woodhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1942.2.13 -- source link
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