\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This picture is part of an extensive series of landscapes that is set in the forest of Fontainebleau that Theodore Rousseau
painted after his move to the village of Barbizon. The French artist depicts the unspoiled nature of the region with a painstaking realism, paying particular attention to the representation of atmospheric effects and natural phenomena.