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Bierstadt, Albert,
Landscape -- Road
Architecture -- Vehicle
Animal -- Horse
Travel -- Land
Figure group
Ethnic -- Indian
State of Being -- Evil
Western
Painting
The Ambush, (painting).
Artist:
Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902, painter.
Title:
The Ambush, (painting).
Dates:
1870-1875.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
30 x 50 1/2 in. (76.2 x 128.3 cm).
Inscription:
(Lower left:) A Bierstadt signed
Subject:
Landscape
--
Road
Architecture
--
Vehicle
--
Wagon
Animal
--
Horse
Travel
--
Land
Figure group
Ethnic
--
Indian
State of Being
--
Evil
--
Danger
Western
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 47.1226
Provenance:
Bequest of Karolik, Maxim,
References:
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, "M and M Karolik Collection of American paintings, 1815 to 1865," Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1949.
"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.
Baigell, Matthew, "Albert Bierstadt," New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981, pl. 21.
Hendricks, Gordon, "Albert Bierstadt: painter of the American West," NY: H. N. Abrams, published in association with the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1974, no. 78, CL-93.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Baigell, Matthew, "Albert Bierstadt," New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981, pl. 21.
Hendricks, Gordon, "Albert Bierstadt: painter of the American West," NY: H. N. Abrams, published in association with the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1974, pg. 102.
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 20490129
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