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Henri Rousseau — Halt of the Caravan
Henri Rousseau

Halt of the Caravan

An oil canvas depicting a caravan in repose during their journey across a landscape. Rousseau's composition blends romantic sensibility with exotic subject matter typical of 19th-century fascination with distant lands.

Medium
oil on canvas

🔨 Auction Lot

Orientalist Art

April 29, 2025

Estimate: $12,000$18,000

Lot 225

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Henri Rousseau, Halt of the Caravan

An oil canvas depicting a caravan in repose during their journey across a landscape. Rousseau's composition blends romantic sensibility with exotic subject matter typical of 19th-century fascination with distant lands.

Medium
oil on canvas
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Caravan, Henri Rousseau, 19th Century, Exotic, Landscape, Orientalism, Oil Painting, Travel

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Collected by

Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago