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Gifford, Sanford Robinson,
Landscape -- Lake
Landscape -- Island
Landscape -- Mountain
Landscape -- Italy
Waterscape -- Boat
Landscape -- Weather
Painting
Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore, (painting).
Artist:
Gifford, Sanford Robinson, 1823-1880, painter.
Title:
Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore, (painting).
Dates:
1871.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
20 1/4 x 36 in. (cm. 51.4 x 91.4)
Inscription:
(Lower right:) S. R. Gifford 187[1] (On back:) Lago Maggiore / S. R. Gifford pinxit 1871 signed
Description:
View looking out across Lake Maggiore with the tiny island of Isola Bella on the right and the smaller island of Isola dei Pescatori just beyond. The lake is dotted with a few small boats. Mountains surrounded the lake are bathed in a hazy light.
Subject:
Landscape -- Lake -- Lake Maggiore
Landscape -- Island -- Isola Bella
Landscape -- Mountain
Landscape -- Italy
Waterscape -- Boat
Landscape -- Weather -- Sun
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 21.115.1
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Northrup, William B., New York, New York 1881.
Fowler, Charles A., New York, New York 1921.
References:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.
"Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1823-1880: [exhibition]," Austin: University of Texas Art Museum, 1970.
Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 177.
Illustration:
"Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1823-1880: [exhibition]," Austin: University of Texas Art Museum, 1970, pg. 69.
Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 179.
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 36120399
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