Collection Highlights
Study for "Departure of the Seventh Regiment for the War, April 19, 1861"
c. 1865-69
1946.174
Oil over graphite on brown paper, varnished, laid on heavy board, nailed and mounted on a wood panel
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Museum Collections
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Italian Landscape near Rome: Study for "Mountain Stream"
Title
Italian Landscape near Rome: Study for "Mountain Stream"
Date
1847
Medium
Oil on paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 9 7/8 x 14 1/8 in. (25.1 x 35.9 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, on permanent loan from the New York Public Library
Object Number
S-102
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed and signed at lower center in brown oil: "J.F. Cropsey 1847 / Rome"
Gallery Label
Our work is a study for the painting at the Arnot Art Museum that Ken Maddox, Cropsey scholar, has recently identified as "Mountain Stream" through study of Cropsey's correspondence.
Provenance
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, New York City, purchased in 1862
Bibliography
Koke, Richard J., American Landscape and Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society, Vol. I, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1982, p. 229.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
