Italian Scene
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Object Details
- Artist
- William Tolman Carlton, born Boston, MA 1816-died Dorchester, MA 1888
- Luce Center Label
- Italian Scene shows a young woman gathering water while her friend sits on the riverbank spinning yarn. This quaint scene of Italian life suggests that, like many other nineteenth-century artists, William Tolman Carlton traveled to Italy to study and paint. Images like this, of “exotic” people and ancient monuments, were popular with American artists and tourists in Europe.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stuart P. Feld
- 1860
- Object number
- 1974.114
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas mounted on fiberglass
- Dimensions
- 29 1/4 x 36 in. (74.3 x 91.5 cm.)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, East Wing
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure group
- Monument\fountain
- Occupation\domestic\water carrier
- Landscape\Italy
- Occupation\religion\monk
- Architecture Exterior\domestic\house
- Architecture Exterior\religious\church
- Record ID
- saam_1974.114
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7595ccc6a-038b-43a5-9064-842ba5c52781
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