Shifts in style and taste often result in changes to original architectural details. Rousseau painted these doors with imitation dark wood grain. Another craftsman later scraped off the dark color surrounding the classical designs.
Physical Dimensions: Unframed: 274 x 63 cm (107 7/8 x 24 13/16 in.)
Provenance: Said by Wildenstein & Co. (letter of January 19,1942) to have come from 193 Boulevard St. Germain, Paris (known at the time as 21 and 23 rue St. Dominique), a private house, supposedly built after plans by Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698—1782). Comte Hippolyte Terray, owner of the house from about 1830; Marquise de Belleuf (daughter of Comte Terray); Comte de Waresquiel; Arthur Veil-Picard; [Wildenstein & Co., Paris]; Grace Rainey Rogers, purchased in 1913. Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey, 1942 and 1944.