The Edge of the Woods at Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau Forest

1852–54

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 31 1/2 x 48 in. (80 x 121.9 cm)
Collection no.: 96.27
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Théodore Rousseau. The Edge of the Woods at Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau Forest. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Edge of the Woods at Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau Forest — Théodore Rousseau. 1852–54.

Medium: Oil on wood. Dimensions: 31 1/2 x 48 in. (80 x 121.9 cm).

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

Credit line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1896.

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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