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Painter:
Mignot, Louis Remy 1831-1870  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College Street Greenville South Carolina 29601
Date:
Ca. 1865
Notes:
Severens, Martha R., "Greenville County Museum of Art: The Southern Collection," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1995, pg. 78.
Summary:
Scene at sunrise with a rainbow around the snow-covered peak of Mount Chimborazo in the background and lush tropical foliage in the foreground. On the right foreground, two palm trees and birds. In the center foreground, two small figures with pack mules walk toward the viewer. In the left foreground, a dark ravine.
Topic:
Landscape--South America  Search this
Landscape--Mountain--Andes Mountains  Search this
Landscape--Mountain--Mt. Chimborazo  Search this
Landscape--Phenomenon--Rainbow  Search this
Landscape--Tropic  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
Animal--Mule  Search this
Control number:
IAP 48000039
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_352395