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  • Beckwith, James Carroll,
     
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    Lake of Orta, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Beckwith, James Carroll, 1852-1917, painter.
    Title: 
    Lake of Orta, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1910 or 1911.
    Medium: 
    Oil on wood.
    Dimensions: 
    13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (34.9 x 26.7 cm).
    Inscription: 
    (Lower right:) CARROLL BECKWITH signed
    Description: 
    View looking from the village of Orta, out across Lake of Orta toward the tiny island of San Giulio, with its basilica and monastery in the center.
    Subject: 
    Landscape -- Italy -- Orta
    Landscape -- Lake -- Lake of Orta
    Landscape -- Island -- San Giulio
    Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- House
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 67.55.164
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Beckwith, James Carroll, until 1917.
    American Art Galleries, New York, New York Sale (March 20, 1918), no. 54
    Chelsea, Mrs., from 1918.
    Bliss, Susan Dwight, New York, New York until 1966.
    References: 
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.
    Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 136.
    Illustration: 
    Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 136.
    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 36120861
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