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Frankenstein, Gustavus,
Landscape -- Phenomenon
Landscape -- Phenomenon
Landscape -- Valley
Landscape -- Mountain
Landscape -- France
Painting
Mer de Glace, Chamonix Valley, Alps, (painting).
Artist:
Frankenstein, Gustavus, ca. 1829-1893, painter.
Title:
Mer de Glace, Chamonix Valley, Alps, (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1885.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
14 3/16 x 18 7/16 in.
Inscription:
Mer de Glace, Chamonix Valley, Alps. Painted from nature by Gustavus Frankenstein. The View is taken from the Flegere, directly opposite the Mer de Glace, and 6000 feet above the sea. The Mer de Glace cuts the Mont Blanc chain deeply in two. signed
Description:
"Mountain landscape showing glacier between two mountain ranges."
Subject:
Landscape -- Phenomenon -- Glacier
Landscape -- Phenomenon -- Mer de Glace
Landscape -- Valley -- Chamonix Valley
Landscape -- Mountain -- Alps
Landscape -- France
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Glessner House Museum, 1800 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60616 Accession Number: G.89.6.48
References:
Chicago Architecture Foundation, 1990.
Glessner House Museum, 2012.
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 65700001
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Inventory of American Paintings
65700001
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