Carroll Beckwith, In the Gardens of the Villa Palmieri
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Smithsonian Institution · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
Carroll Beckwith

In the Gardens of the Villa Palmieri

1910

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
34.9 × 26 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-134558

Carroll Beckwith traveled to Rome in 1910 and also visited Florence, where he painted this scene. The Villa Palmieri is a garden outside of Florence that was built in the 1870s for an English earl. In the foreground of this painting is a large stone well with an iron frame and a copper bucket hanging from a pulley; in the background are two gateposts topped with classical urns. Painting and sculp…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Smithsonian Institution

Registry history

  • 1910 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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