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Certaldo, June 6th, '61

Samuel Colman1861

The Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States

Colman, a native of Portland, Maine, studied with Asher B. Durand, the leading exponent of the Hudson River School of landscape painting. In 1860/1862, Colman travelled in Italy where he completed this small watercolor sketch in early June, 1861.

Certaldo, a small town south of Florence, is known as the birthplace of Giovanni Boccaccio, the 14th-century poet.

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  • Title: Certaldo, June 6th, '61
  • Creator: Samuel Colman (American, 1832 - 1920) (?)
  • Date Created: 1861
  • External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
  • Roles: Artist: Samuel Colman (American, 1832 - 1920) (?)
  • Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
  • Object Type: watercolors
  • Medium: watercolor on paper
  • Inscriptions: [Inscribed] Lower left: Certaldo, June 6th '61
  • Geography: Place Depicted: Certaldo
  • Dimensions: H: 3 3/8 x W: 4 3/4 in. (8.5 x 12 cm)
  • Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters (?)
  • Classification: Painting & Drawing
  • Accession Number: 37.1546
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