Home Henri Rousseau docks in Venice lagoon with Archaic candour. Henry Rousseau. The storm tossed vessel, 1899. Musée de l’Orangerie, Collection J. Walter- P. Guillaume (credit: RMN-Grand Palais /Franck Raux)

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

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

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. Carnival evening, 1885-1886. Oil on canvas. cm. 117,3 x 89,5. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA