Artist:

Carroll Beckwith, born Hannibal, MO 1852-died New York City 1917  Search this

Medium:

oil on wood

Dimensions:

13 3/4 x 10 1/8 in. (34.9 x 25.8 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1911

Luce Center Label:

The Cathedral of Notre-Dame at le Puy was built in the eleventh and twelfth centuries and was a major pilgrimage site in the late 1500s. James Carroll Beckwith and his wife made their own “pilgrimage” to France in 1911, with stops in Avignon, Nîmes, and le Puy. (Franchi and Weber, Intimate Revelations: The Art of Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917), 1999) He painted this scene on the spot one July afternoon and captured the fleeting summer light as it pierced the gray clouds and made the medieval rooftops glisten.

Topic:

Architecture\religious\church  Search this

Cityscape\France\Le Puy  Search this

Architecture\religious\Le Puy Cathedral  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

1974.69.1

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 5A

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk70676b5f7-cdf9-47a2-9483-584cb2dfbd31

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1974.69.1