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Painter:
Durand, Asher B. 1796-1886  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
New Britain Museum of American Art 56 Lexington Street New Britain Connecticut 06052 Accession Number: 1963.4
Date:
1860
Notes:
New Britain Museum of American Art, "Highlights of the collection: volume I," New Britain, CT: The Museum, 1999.
New Britain Museum of American Art, "Catalogue of the collection," New Britain, CT: The Museum, 1975.
"A. B. Durand 1796-1886," Montclair, NJ: Montclair Art Museum, 1971, no. 78.
Lawall, David B., "Asher B. Durand: a documentary catalogue of the narrative and landscape paintings," New York: Garland Pub., 1978, no. 235.
Ferber, Linda S., ed., "Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape," New York: Brooklyn Museum in association with D. Giles Limited, London, 2007, pg. 193.
Image on file.
New Britain Museum of American Art, "Highlights of the collection: volume I," New Britain, CT: The Museum, 1999, pg. 65.
New Britain Museum of American Art, "Catalogue of the collection," New Britain, CT: The Museum, 1975, pg. 21.
"A. B. Durand 1796-1886," Montclair, NJ: Montclair Art Museum, 1971, no. 78 (color plate).
Lawall, David B., "Asher B. Durand: a documentary catalogue of the narrative and landscape paintings," New York: Garland Pub., 1978, fig. 125.
Ferber, Linda S., ed., "Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape," New York: Brooklyn Museum in association with D. Giles Limited, London, 2007, pl. 79.
(Lower left:) A. B. Durand/1860 signed
National Academy of Design Thirty Fifth Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, 1860.
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
In the background, figures are crossing a bridge and headed up hill to a church. Sheep rest in the foreground.
Topic:
Landscape--River  Search this
Architecture--Bridge  Search this
Architecture exterior--Religious--Church  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Recreation--Church  Search this
Animal--Sheep  Search this
Landscape--Time--Morning  Search this
Control number:
IAP 80110039
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_180016