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Pastoral Reverie: Landscapes of Serenity and Light
A Meadow Bordered by Trees
Gallery 802 · Théodore Rousseau · ca. 1845–60 · Met web page
A Meadow Bordered by Trees by Théodore Rousseau (ca. 1845–60). A sunlit pastoral scene with a woman tending cattle, rendered in Rousseau's characteristic 'planimetric' composition of parallel horizontal planes.
Entrance → Gallery 802
To A Meadow Bordered by Trees
From the Great Hall, take the escalator to Floor 2. Walk through gallery 200 and continue through the Asian Art galleries, then through gallery 690 in Drawings and Prints, and gallery 850 in Photographs. Continue to gallery 800 in European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, then enter gallery 801 and finally gallery 802 in European Paintings, where this painting is displayed.