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Pathway in the Forest of Fontainebleau by Gustave Le Gray — restored print
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Pathway in the Forest of Fontainebleau

Pathway in the Forest of Fontainebleau — Gustave Le Gray, 1849–1852

Cleveland Museum of Art (accession 1988.64) · 1849–52

$539

For 40×30 in, float frame canvas, black

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Art
Pathway in the Forest of Fontainebleau
Size
40×30 in ·
Finish
Float frame canvas, Black ·
Price
$539
  • Made to order just for you: printed, finished and packed within 3–5 business days. Your order reaches the printer within minutes and printing can start soon after; once it starts, the order can't be canceled or changed.
  • Free replacement if it arrives damaged, defective or not what you ordered — tell us within 7 days of delivery, with photos. Because each piece is made for you, there are no returns for a change of mind. Full policy
  • No hanging hardware is included. Stretched and framed canvases hang flat on two nails or screws, set level: the wooden bar on the back rests on them, and the free wall template marks the spot. Rolled canvas goes to a framer first.
  • Printed from an archive scan of the original print (1849–52). Its paper tone, small spots and marks of age are part of the picture, just as on the original sheet, and colors can look slightly different on your screen.

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40×30 in · Float frame canvas, Black$539

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How it gets to you · item no. 480 · SKU BNW-LAS0480-FFL-30X40

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  2. Shipped with tracking3–8 business days after printing
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Please check before you buy. Your order goes to the printer within minutes, and once printing starts, made-to-order pieces can't be canceled, changed or returned for a change of mind, so please check the size guide and room views first. If it arrives damaged, defective or not what you ordered, we'll replace it free within 7 days. Full policy

Materials & finish

Printed on 400 gsm canvas with pigment inks. Stretched canvas and float frame canvas sit on a 1.5 in (38 mm) wooden stretcher; the classic frame holds the canvas on a slimmer 0.75 in (19 mm) stretcher. Rolled canvas ships in a sturdy tube.

The float frame stands 2.1 in (53 mm) off the wall, with a 0.5 in (12 mm) face and a 0.2 in (5 mm) gap around the canvas. The classic frame stands 0.9 in (22 mm) off the wall with a 0.8 in (20 mm) face.

Hanging hardware is not included. Two picture hooks (or screws) rated for the weight, set level, are all it needs; the free true-size wall template marks the spot.

Corner of a Black float frame canvas: the canvas sits inside the frame with a narrow gap Back of a float frame canvas: wooden stretcher inside the frame, no hanging hardware fitted Cross-section of the float frame: 53 mm deep, 12 mm face, 5 mm gap, 38 mm canvas
The float frame up close: front corner, the back as it arrives, and its cross-section. Photos: Prodigi, who print and frame our pieces.

Every finish is printed from the same file at the same resolution; only the mounting changes.

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Rights & provenance record

Source scan: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988.64 (Open Access, CC0)
Rights statement of the archive: “Public domain. Gustave Le Gray (died 1884); the museum dates this work 1849–52. The Cleveland Museum of Art releases its photograph of it under Creative Commons Zero (CC0 1.0). Accession number 1988.64.”
Original print: Gustave Le Gray, 1849–52, salted paper print from waxed paper negative. Verified 2026-10-16.

This product is a new print made to order from a restored scan of that print. It is not an original antique and is not sold as one.

The story of this print

A pale, rutted track leads into a wood between tall trees. Their trunks rise dark and straight, their leaves crowd the top of the picture, and on both sides of the path the sun lights grass, bracken and young birches. Le Gray’s signature sits faintly in the lower right.

Gustave Le Gray (1820–1884) photographed in the Forest of Fontainebleau near Paris from about 1849, the same woods where the Barbizon painters Corot, Daubigny and Millet worked. This early print, on salted paper from a waxed paper negative, has a soft, grainy texture closer to a drawing than to a modern photograph.

It is a calm green-room picture without the green: a hallway, a study or a bedroom.

Before and after

Left: the archive scan exactly as published. Right: the file that goes to the printer.

Pathway in the Forest of Fontainebleau: archive scan compared with the restored print

What we did to this scan

  1. Cropped by hand to the edge of the printed sheet.
  2. Balanced the levels and took out the scanner’s color cast, keeping 50% of the paper’s age tone.
  3. Toned to neutral black and white, taking out the brown of the old paper or albumen print.
  4. Cleaned dust and specks picked up by the scanner.
  5. A light sharpen, so fine lines and lettering hold at large sizes.

About this particular sheet. Made from the Cleveland Museum of Art's scan of the salted paper print. The brown or purple tone the old print has taken on with age was taken out, so it prints as a neutral black and white, and it was cropped evenly to a canvas shape.

Every print is credited to its archive here and in your order confirmation. Paper tone and small imperfections of the original are kept on purpose; nothing is redrawn. How we restore.

Questions

What does it show?
A sandy cart track runs into the woods between tall oaks and pines, their dark trunks and heavy leaves filling the top of the picture, with sunlit grass and ferns along the path.
Is this an original?
No. It is a new print made from the Cleveland Museum of Art's photograph of the salted paper print in its collection. We never sell originals or antiques.
Where does the image come from?
From the Cleveland Museum of Art, which releases its photograph of this work under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) as part of its Open Access program. The photograph was made in 1849–52; Le Gray died in 1884, so the work is in the public domain. The museum record (accession 1988.64) is linked on this page.
How is it made?
It is printed to order for you, in the finish you choose: a float frame canvas, a classic frame canvas, a stretched canvas, a rolled canvas or an acrylic panel. Both frames come in Black or Antique Gold. The size and finish picker shows which sizes each finish is made in.
Colors vary a little between screens and canvas. The previews are drawn, not photographed, and are a close match to the printed piece.

Every size, one wall

All 4 sizes of this print, side by side

To scale, framed, with a 5 ft 6 in figure for reference — so you can see the steps between sizes at a glance before you pick one above.

Left to right: 48×36 in · 40×30 in · 24×18 in · 16×12 in

Every size to scale on one wall, framed in Black, beside a 5 ft 6 in figure. Room photograph generated for scale; the figure is 5 ft 6 in.

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Size guide
5′6″ 16×12 in24×18 in36×24 in
SizeMetricBest for
16×12 in41×30 cmDesk, shelf, small wall, gallery groupings
24×18 in61×46 cmAbove a desk or console, hallway, bedroom
40×30 in102×76 cmOver a sofa or bed, statement wall, office
48×36 in122×91 cmOver a sofa or bed, statement wall, office

Sizes are the canvas size. A framed piece is a little larger than its canvas: add the frame.