Object number1864.1.70
Sunset in Western Virginia
Date1859
Artist
William Louis Sonntag
(American, 1822-1900)
CultureAmerican
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 7 7/8 x 14 3/16 in. (20 x 36 cm)
Framed: 13 3/4 x 20 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. (35 x 52 x 6 cm)
Framed: 13 3/4 x 20 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. (35 x 52 x 6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned lower left: Sonntag; on the reverse: W. L. Sonntag
InscribedBy artist, lower left: 59; on the reverse: 1859
ProvenanceCollections: Elias MagoonExhibition HistoryAll Seasons and Every Light, Vassar College Art Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, October 14 - December 16, 1983;
A Focused Collection: The Hudson River School, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, April 21 - July 29, 2007; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, August 17 - October 19, 2007
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