Landscape with Family by Lake
1858
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 × 43.2 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-137553
During the late 1850s, Robert S. Duncanson painted romantic views of the Ohio River valley, near his home in Cincinnati. Images like Landscape with Family by Lake showed people enjoying nature in peaceful settings, suggesting the nineteenth-century faith that God created the wilderness for man to enjoy. The setting sun infuses the tree in the foreground with glowing colors to evoke a divine light…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of J & R Investments
Registry history
- 1858 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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