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L'Allegro, (painting). Artist:  Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848, painter. Title:  L'Allegro, (painting). Other Titles:  Classic Landscape, (painting). Italian Sunset, (painting). Segesta, Sicily, (painting). Temple of Segesta, (painting). Dates:  1845. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  32 1/8 x 47 15/16 in. (81.6 x 121.9 cm). Inscription:  (Lower right:) T. Cole /1845 signed Description:  Ruins are on a hill at left, a hilltop is right of center, and two arches with a figure standing beneath one is in the foreground at right. Animals are on the both shores and a man in a rowboat is at center in the background. Subject:  Literature -- Milton -- L'Allegro Landscape -- Italy -- Sicily Landscape -- Imaginary Landscape -- River Architecture -- Ruins Architecture -- Classical Figure group Recreation -- Dancing Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036 Accession Number: M.74.53 Exhibitions:  National Academy of Design Twenty First Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, 1846. Remarks:  Exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1846 as "Italian Sunset." Paired by the artist with "Il Penseroso" (IAP record 73261244). Both paintings are based on their respective poems by John Milton, translating the overall meaning of the poem into a landscape. References:  Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 113-116. "X [i.e. Ten]: A Decade of Collecting, 1965-1975," Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1975. Truettner, William H., and Allan Wallach, eds., "Thomas Cole Landscape into History," New Haven: Yale University Press (National Museum of American Art), 1994, pg. 83. Illustration:  Image on file. Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 114. Truettner, William H., and Allan Wallach, eds., "Thomas Cole Landscape into History," New Haven: Yale University Press (National Museum of American Art), 1994, pg. 83. Related Works:  Companion to: 73261244. 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 02960179   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 02960179 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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