Skip to main content Smithsonian Institution

Catalog Data

Artist:
Oertel, J. A.  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 114
"This superb work will command attention for its exquisite coloring, its high ideality of conception, its dignity and power of expression. It is typical of a soul chained to earth looking to the heaven above for release." [P. 28.]
Descriptive Catalogue of the Paintings now on exhibition at the Institute of Fine Arts, 625 Broadway, comprising the Celebrated Pictures of the well-known Dusseldorf Gallery, and also a Collection of Works by American Artists. New York: John Russell, Printer, No. 79 John Street. 1861.
Dusseldorf Academy (b), New York, New York, 1861
The Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index is a historical record of artworks exhibited in the United States and Canada up through the Centennial year of 1876. Information is recorded as given in each exhibition catalog.
Topic:
Allegory--Religion--Soul  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Religion--Christianity  Search this
Figure  Search this
Control number:
AECI 05260113
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_100040