Who created "January: Cernay, near Rambouillet"?

January: Cernay, near Rambouillet was created by Léon-Germain Pelouse.

What medium is "January: Cernay, near Rambouillet"?

January: Cernay, near Rambouillet is Oil on canvas.

Is "January: Cernay, near Rambouillet" in the public domain?

Yes, January: Cernay, near Rambouillet is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

January: Cernay, near Rambouillet

Léon-Germain Pelouse

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

35 3/8 x 46 1/4 in. (89.9 x 117.5 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mabel Schaus, 1887

Accession Number

87.24

Tags

LandscapesWinterSnow

Art Historical Context

Léon-Germain Pelouse'sJanuary: Cernay, Rambouillet* captures serene beauty of a snow-blanketed French landscape in oil on canvas, evoking the crisp hush of midwinter. Painted in the Forest of Rambouillet area Cernay, this large-scale work (35 3/8 x 46 1/4 in.) immerses viewers in a frosty vista of trees heavy with snow, distant hills, and a pale sky—hallmarks of 19th-century plein-air traditions. Pelouse, a French artist active in the late 1800s, aligned with the Barbizon school's realistic approach to nature, emphasizing unidealized outdoor scenes over romantic exaggeration. His masterful us...

January: Cernay, near Rambouillet

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