l The forest of Fontainebleau was an inexhaustible source of artistic inspiration in the 19th century. This sylvan universe with its mystery, its charm and its paradoxes is very present in Bellifontan episodes as a background to events or even as the main setting of the plot, and is also well illustrated on the famous paintings of the century. This muse has inspired writers and painters to create a new descriptive aesthetic in which the various traditional motifs of the ancient forest are combined with the criteria of the "modern" forest. Artistic and literary masterpieces were created, a rich heritage that represents the living memory of the appearance of the forest of Fontainebleau in the 19th century.