LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Pierre Etienne Théodore Rousseau
The Cave1828-1830

Not on view
Vertical oil painting of a close-up rocky woodland outcrop with a dark cave-like recess, cracked stone face, and dense sunlit foliage filling the upper composition

Pierre Etienne Théodore Rousseau, The Cave, 1828-1830, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Frank Heller and the European Painting Acquisition Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Pierre Etienne Théodore Rousseau
France, 1812-1867
Title
The Cave
Place Made
France
Date Made
1828-1830
Medium
Oil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 14 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (36.83 × 24.77 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Heller and the European Painting Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
M.90.17
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Marandel, J. Patrice. French oil sketches from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17th century - 19th century. Los Angeles: The Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002.
  • Allan, Scott, and Édouard Kopp. Unruly Nature: the Landscapes of Théodore Rousseau. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2016.

Related Unframed

Related Unframed

Highlights from the Mixpantli Companion Exhibitions
Highlights from the Mixpantli Companion Exhibitions
  • June 10, 2022
  • Diana Magaloni, Alyce de Carteret
Untouched/Unclaimed: Myths of Progress—2021 Mellon Summer Academy Proposed Exhibition
Untouched/Unclaimed: Myths of Progress—2021 Mellon Summer Academy Proposed Exhibition
  • September 23, 2021
  • Hilary Walter
Poems Responding to "Thomas Joshua Cooper: The World's Edge"
Poems Responding to "Thomas Joshua Cooper: The World's Edge"
  • March 27, 2020
  • Elizabeth Gerber
Wu Bin: Ten Views of a Lingbi Stone
Wu Bin: Ten Views of a Lingbi Stone
  • December 13, 2017
  • Stephen Little
A Tremendous Storm: Understanding a Silhouette Sculpture from Kaminaljuyu
A Tremendous Storm: Understanding a Silhouette Sculpture from Kaminaljuyu
  • September 26, 2017
  • Lucia Henderson
From the Collection: The Raising of Lazarus
From the Collection: The Raising of Lazarus
  • August 24, 2015
Galvanizing the Monkey Army and Other Stunning Feats
Galvanizing the Monkey Army and Other Stunning Feats
  • November 18, 2009