The Abbatial House, Abbey of St. Ouen, Rouen

1824–31

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Graphite and watercolor, heightened with gouache (bodycolor) and with scratching out
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 x 28 3/4 in. (53.4 x 73.1 cm)
Collection no.: 2013.109
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

John Sell Cotman. The Abbatial House, Abbey of St. Ouen, Rouen. John Sell Cotman; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2013. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Abbatial House, Abbey of St. Ouen, Rouen — John Sell Cotman. 1824–31.

Medium: Graphite and watercolor, heightened with gouache (bodycolor) and with scratching out. Dimensions: Sheet: 21 x 28 3/4 in. (53.4 x 73.1 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2013.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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