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The Great Statue of Amida Buddha at Kamakura, the Daibutsu, from the Priest's Garden, (painting). Artist:  La Farge, John, 1835-1910, painter. Title:  The Great Statue of Amida Buddha at Kamakura, the Daibutsu, from the Priest's Garden, (painting). Dates:  1886. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Watercolor and gouache on paper. Dimensions:  19 5/16 x 12 1/2 in. (49.1 x 31.8 cm) Description:  View looking up at the Amida Buddha, or the Daibutsu, a fifty-foot bronze statue of a buddha cast in 1252. It is famous for its huge size, its peaceful appearance, and its beautiful location surrounded by mountains and trees of Kamakura, Japan. Subject:  Architecture -- Monument -- Statue Landscape -- Japan -- Kamakura Religion -- Buddhism -- Buddha Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 66.143 Provenance:  Gift of Hoyt, Maria L., family of, 1966. References:  "John La Farge: essays [exhibition]," New York: Abbeville Press, 1987, pl. 32. Exh. Catalog, "19th C American Drawings: Art and Architecture," Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y., 1970. Exh. catalog "Centennial of American Watercolor Society," Metropolitan Museum, 1966. Illustration:  Image on file. "John La Farge: essays [exhibition]," New York: Abbeville Press, 1987, pg. 51. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 36120728   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 36120728 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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