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    		• Cole, Thomas,
     
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    Il Penseroso, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848, painter.
    Title: 
    Il Penseroso, (painting).
    Other Titles: 
    Shrine, (painting).
    View of Lago de Nemi, Near Rome, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1845.
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas.
    Dimensions: 
    32 3/8 x 48 1/16 in. (82.3 x 122.0 cm).
    Inscription: 
    (Lower right:) T. Cole/1845 signed
    Description: 
    Classical landscape with a female figure in the foreground kneels on a step before a shrine with an image of the Virgin Mary holding a baby Christ. In the center is Lake Nemi; on the hilltop in the background is the town of Nemi.
    Subject: 
    Literature -- Milton -- Il Penseroso
    Landscape -- Lake -- Lake Nemi
    Landscape -- Italy
    Architecture -- Ruins
    Figure female -- Full length
    Architecture exterior -- Religious -- Shrine
    Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
    Religion -- New Testament -- Christ
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036 Accession Number: M.80.115
    Remarks: 
    Exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1846 as "View of Lago de Nemi, Near Rome." Paired by the artist with "L'Allegro" (IAP record 02960179). Both paintings are based on 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.
    Sotheby Parke Bernet, Sale 4435m (Nov. 17, 1980), lot 112.
    Gretchko, John M. J., 1988.
    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: 
    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. 38.
    Sotheby Parke Bernet, Sale 4435m (Oct. 17, 1980), lot 112.
    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: 
    Pair: 02960179.
    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 73261244
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