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View of an Aqueduct in the Campagna near Rome, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Brown, George Loring 1814-1889  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Worcester Art Museum 55 Salisbury Street Worcester Massachusetts 01609 Accession Number: 1976.186
Date:
1842-1843
Notes:
"American Art from the collection of the Worcester Art Museum," Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1979, pg. 102.
Summary:
Panoramic view of the ancient ruins of an aqueduct stretching across the Italian countryside, with elaborate stonework broken and overgrown with vegetation, and a golden sunset on the horizon. In the foreground two peasants stop for a drink by a fountain on the side of the aqueduct.
Topic:
Landscape--Italy  Search this
Landscape--Time--Evening  Search this
Landscape--Time--Sunset  Search this
Architecture--Bridge--Aqueduct  Search this
Architecture--Ruins  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Control number:
IAP 23570607
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_382032