Léon ROUSSEAU (1829-1881) The town of Amiens grateful to Empress Eugénie, 4 July 1866 Oil on canvas (Original canvas) Signed and dated 'Léon Rousseau /1866.' lower left 67 x 58 cm Provenance : - Christopher Forbes Collection; - Its sale, Fontainebleau, 6 March 2016, lot 215 The town of Amiens grateful to Empress Eugénie, 4 July 1866, oil on canvas, by L. Rousseau Commentary: Our painting refers to Empress Eugénie's visit to the cholera patients at the Hôtel-Dieu in Amiens on 4th July 1866, where she brought comfort to the patients. This episode is also immortalised in a painting by Auguste Feragu in the Château de Compiègne museum. The pediment is slightly missing Léon ROUSSEAU (1829-1881) The pediment is slightly missing