# Overdoor Painting

**Pierre Rousseau** (French, 1751–1829)  
1790s  
oil on canvas  
Framed: 59.7 x 148.9 x 6 cm (23 1/2 x 58 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 52 x 151 cm (20 1/2 x 59 7/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.466.2. [The museum's record](https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.466.2).

## About this work

Pierre Rousseau painted this in the 1790s, aged about 39. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Pierre Rousseau](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/pierre-rousseau)

French, 1751–1829

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: France
- The artist was about 39
- Real size: about 20 × 59 in (52 × 151 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 18 × 24 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 18th century
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/569.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/569/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/overdoor-painting-cma-123955).