The Past and the Present, (Q28130693)

description: <p>The standing figures here are the artist and his wife on their wedding day, and the little heads floating above are meant as a loving homage to their deceased spouses. Henri Rousseau painted many portraits and often posed his subjects outdoors, surrounded by plants and flowers both real and imagined. Another of his "portrait-landscapes," a term he coined for this genre, hangs across the room.</p>

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