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Sacred Grove Near Rome, Italy
Sacred Grove Near Rome, Italy

Sacred Grove Near Rome, Italy

Artist (American, 1825 - 1894)
Dateca. 1872
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: H 27 1/4 x W 37 1/4 in. (H 69.2 x W 94.6 cm)
Image: H 20 x W 30 1/8 in. (H 50.8 x W 76.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Clinton Wilder, 1984
Object number84.270
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Object NamePainting
Title Details
Primary Title Sacred Grove Near Rome, Italy
Inscriptionsrecto: l.l. brown paint "G. Inness" Signed in 1895 for the estate sale, by his executor. (source: Michael Quick)ProvenanceGeorge Inness, Montclair, New Jesrsey (ca. 1872-1894); Edward Thaw, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1895-1919); Private collection, Munich, Germany (1919-1950); Macbeth Gallery, New York, New York (1950-52); Clinton Wilder, New York, New York (1958-1984)Exhibition History"Travelers in Arcadia: American Artists in Italy 1830-1875," Detroit Institute of Arts, no. 65, (1951); traveled to Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina (1951)
"Italian Landscapes by George Inness (1825-1894)," Macbeth Galleries, New York, New York (February 4 - March 1, 1952)
"Inness Memorial Exhibition," Fine Arts Building, New York, New York, no. 7 (December 27, 1894)

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