Object number1977.5

Cervara in the Sabine Hills

Date1830

Artist Samuel Finley Breese Morse (American, 1791-1872)

CultureAmerican

MediumOil on wove paper partially adhered to paperboard

DimensionsUnframed: 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (12.38 x 20 cm)
Framed: 17 5/8 x 19 x 1 1/2 in. (44.77 x 48.26 x 3.81 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Betsy Mudge Wilson, class of 1956, Memorial Fund

On View

On view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

Painting

InscribedOn verso, inscribed by grandson: I hereby certify that this sketch was painted by my grandfather S.F.B. Morse when a student in Italy. It was given to me by my mother. (Signed Frank Morse-Rummel, Paris -- the son of Cornelia Morse and Franz Rummel)

BibliographyFoshay, Ella M., and Sally Mills. All Seasons and Every Light: Nineteenth Century American Landscapes from the Collection of Elias Lyman Magoon. Poughkeepsie, N.Y: Vassar College Art Gallery, 1983, p. 79; Staiti, Paul. J. Samuel F. B. Morse. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989, p. 182, fig. 95, there titled CervaraExhibition HistoryAll Seasons and Every Light, Vassar College Art Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, October 14 - December 16, 1983; DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park, Lincoln, MA, February 5 - March 25, 1984; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, March 25 - July 1, 1984; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, November 16, 1984 - January 13, 1985;

Highlights from the Vassar College Art Gallery Collection, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA, August 2 - November 19, 1990;

Highlights from the Vassar College Collection, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York, NY, July 13 - September 11, 1993
DescriptionDepiction of a view of Cervara di Roma, a city built at the top of a rocky hill, from below. At right, green grass cascades down the hillside, while above the sky is a radiant blue.

Terms

Cervara di Roma

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