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View on the Genesee near Mount Morris
John Frederick Kensett1857
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: View on the Genesee near Mount Morris
- Creator: John Frederick Kensett
- Date Created: 1857
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 76.2 × 123.83 cm (30 × 48 3/4 in.) framed: 118.75 × 163.83 × 17.46 cm (46 3/4 × 64 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.)
- Provenance: The artist; sold 1857 to Robert M. Olyphant [1824-1918], New York;[1] (his sale, by Robert Somerville at Chickering Hall, New York, 18-19 December 1877, 1st day, no. 65, as _High Bank, Genessee River_); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art. [1] Titled _View on the Genesee_, the painting is recorded in a "list of all paintings sold with prices and to whom sold" for the year 1857 (John F. Kensett Papers, Kellogg Collection, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington: Microfilm N68-85, frame 477; copy in NGA curatorial files).
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: oil on canvas
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