Jean de Botton – La foret et le roi des aulnes

Jean de Botton (1895-1978)

‘La foret et le roi des aulnes,’ 1940

Derived from the Goethe’s famous ballad of 1782, the painting depicts the figure of a horseman dwarfed by the towering trees of the forest of the king of the elves. A noted illustrator, de Botton may have intended this to be used to illustrate an edition of Goethe’s poem.

Provenance:
Palm Beach Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
Country Art Gallery, Locust Valley, Illinois
A prominent Bay Area collector, and then by descent

Canvas size 16″ x 12″

Framed 26-1/2″ x 22-1/2″