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Landscape with Cows Watering in a Stream, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Duncanson, Robert S. 1821-1872  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 1974.359
Fleischman, Lawrence A., Mr. & Mrs New York New York
Date:
1871
Notes:
"Robert S. Duncanson: a centennial exhibition," Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1972, pg. 42.
Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 84.
Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 84.
(Lower right:) Duncanson / 1871 signed
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Summary:
Landscape with cows wading in a stream in the foreground and tiny figures walking along a road in the middle ground. Beyond is a lake with a sailboat in the distance, and a house along the lake shore. Mountains appear in the far distance.
Topic:
Landscape--River  Search this
Landscape--Lake  Search this
Landscape--Mountain  Search this
Animal--Cattle  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Sailboat  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Control number:
IAP 83530024
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_208985