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Painter:
Inness, George 1825-1894  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 49.412
Date:
1872
Notes:
Quick, Michael, "George Inness: a catalogue raisonne; volume one," Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2007, no. 404.
Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 163.
"American Light: The Luminist Movement, 1850-1875," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1980.
"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.
Ireland, Leroy, "The works of George Inness: an illustrated catalog raisonne," Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1965, no. 560.
Image on file.
Quick, Michael, "George Inness: a catalogue raisonne; volume one," Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2007, pl. 86.
"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969, pg. 238.
"American Light: The Luminist Movement, 1850-1875," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1980, p. 150, fig. 182.
Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 163.
Ireland, Leroy, "The works of George Inness: an illustrated catalog raisonne," Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1965, pg. 135.
(Lower right:) Inness Rome 1872 signed
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Summary:
View looking down toward Lake Nemi on the left from a hillside in the foreground where a lone figure walks along a narrow path near a long white wall enclosing a woods on the right. In the background a village is visible on a distant hillside.
Topic:
Landscape--Lake--Lake Nemi  Search this
Landscape--Italy  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Landscape--Road--Path  Search this
Architecture exterior--Detail--Wall  Search this
Landscape--Mountain  Search this
Control number:
IAP 20490602
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_264391