Home Henri Rousseau docks in Venice lagoon with Archaic candour. Henry Rousseau. Self portrait and a painter, 1890. Oil on canvas. cm. 146 x 113. Praga, Národní galerie, acquisto dello Stato Cecoslovacco nel 1923. © White Images/Scala, Firenze

Henry Rousseau. Self portrait and a painter, 1890. Oil on canvas. cm. 146 x 113. Praga, Národní galerie, acquisto dello Stato Cecoslovacco nel 1923. © White Images/Scala, Firenze

Henry Rousseau. Self portrait and a painter, 1890. Oil on canvas. cm. 146 x 113. Praga, Národní galerie, acquisto dello Stato Cecoslovacco nel 1923. © White Images/Scala, Firenze

Henry Rousseau. Father Juniets Gig, 1908. Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie

Henry Rousseau. The storm tossed vessel, 1899. Musée de l’Orangerie, Collection J. Walter- P. Guillaume (credit: RMN-Grand Palais /Franck Raux)