Object number1864.1.33
Lago Maggiore
Date1854
Artist
Sanford Robinson Gifford
(American, 1823-1880)
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 12 3/4 x 16 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (32.39 x 42.86 x 8.26 cm)
Unframed: 5 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (14.61 x 26.04 cm)
Unframed: 5 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (14.61 x 26.04 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned and dated (LR): S R Gifford 54 (?)
ProvenanceCollections: Elias MagoonVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryDallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Art, "The Painted Sketch: American Impressions from Nature, 1830-1880," June 21- September 20, 1998.Poughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "America and the Grand Tour: Sanford Robinson Gifford at Home and Abroad," April 17 - June 9, 1991.
Poughkeepsie, NY, Vassar College Art Gallery, "All Seasons and Every Light" 14 Oct. - 16 Dec. 1983
Lincoln, MA, DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park, "All Seasons and Every Light" 5 Feb. - 25 March, 1984.
West Palm Beach, FL, Norton Museum of Art, "All Seasons and Every Light" 25 March - 1 July 1984.
Evanston, IL, Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, "All Seasons and Every Light" 16 Nov. 1984 - 13 Jan. 1985.
Poughkeepsie, NY, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Humanizing Landscapes: Geography, Culture and the Magoon Collection" 5 Oct. - 20 Dec. 2000. Cat. no.21, repr. p.6
Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Past Time: Geology in European and American Art," September 21 - December 9, 2018. Cat. no. 29, repr.
Ithaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, "Past Time: Geology in European and American Art," February 16 - May 12, 2019. Cat. no. 29, repr.
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