Forest Interior with Stream
ca. 1860-1870
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 44.2 × 36.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-136743
John Frederick Kensett painted intimate views of the landscape to express what he called in 1844 "that beautiful harmony in which God has created the universe" (Driscoll and Howat, John Frederick Kensett, An American Master, 1985). Images like Forest Interior with Stream suggested the nineteenth-century faith that the wilderness was a gift for man to enjoy. Kensett painted a small stream with onl…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Francis J. McCoy
Registry history
- ca. 1860-1870 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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