Italy
1843
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 98.1 × 74 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-135421
Daniel Huntington made many trips to Italy, where he was fascinated by the classical art and architecture. Many nineteenth-century American artists traveled to Italy to study the country's rich cultural history and to sharpen their skills as painters and sculptors. In this painting, Huntington personified Italy as a young woman holding a sketchbook and paintbrush. The distant ruins to the left of…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Registry history
- 1843 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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