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Painter:
Cole, Thomas 1801-1848  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art 5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles California 90036 Accession Number: M.80.115
Date:
1845
Notes:
Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 113-116.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Sale 4435m (Nov. 17, 1980), lot 112.
Gretchko, John M. J., 1988.
Truettner, William H., and Allan Wallach, eds., "Thomas Cole Landscape into History," New Haven: Yale University Press (National Museum of American Art), 1994, pg. 83.
Summary:
Classical landscape with a female figure in the foreground kneels on a step before a shrine with an image of the Virgin Mary holding a baby Christ. In the center is Lake Nemi; on the hilltop in the background is the town of Nemi.
Topic:
Literature--Milton--Il Penseroso  Search this
Landscape--Lake--Lake Nemi  Search this
Landscape--Italy  Search this
Architecture--Ruins  Search this
Figure female--Full length  Search this
Architecture exterior--Religious--Shrine  Search this
Religion--New Testament--Mary  Search this
Religion--New Testament--Christ  Search this
Control number:
IAP 73261244
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_167499