View of the Fontainebleau Forest

Provenance

Private collection, Paris; sold through L’Atelier d’artiste, Paris, to Marty de Cambiaire, Paris, 2024; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

View of the Fontainebleau Forest

Auguste Allongé

c. 1860

Accession Number

278829

Medium

Watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

78.5 × 56 cm (30 15/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Classification

prints and drawing

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Margaret Day Blake Endowment Fund