Painter:

Glass, James William 1825-1855  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Wadsworth Atheneum 600 Main Street Hartford Connecticut 06103 Accession Number: 1856.1

Date:

Ca. 1850

Notes:

Wadsworth Atheneum, 1974.

Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum," New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1996, pg. 412.

Summary:

Depiction taken from the Spanish romance "The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane (1715-1735) by Le Sage. Scene showing Gil Blas leading a horse out of a cave, with Donna Maria clutching his arm.

Topic:

Literature--Le Sage--The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane  Search this

Literature--Character--Gil Blas  Search this

Literature--Character--Donna Maria  Search this

Landscape--Phenomenon--Cave  Search this

Animal--Horse  Search this

Control number:

IAP 06910322

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_36010