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Painter:
Loop, Henry Augustus 1831-1895  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
Italian  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum 1171 Main Street St. Johnsbury Vermont 05819
Date:
1874
Notes:
Coll. List (Typescript), ca. 1970.
Mitchell, Mark D., "The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum Handbook of the Art Collection," Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2005, pg. 41.
Summary:
Italian landscape with the sun setting on the horizon in the background, and a young peasant woman seated by a fountain in the foreground. She has left her water pitcher to fill under the fountain, but the water overflows the pitcher as she gazes away, seemingly lost in her thoughts.
Topic:
Landscape--Italy  Search this
Landscape--Time--Sunset  Search this
Landscape--Time--Evening  Search this
Figure female--Full length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Occupation--Other--Peasant  Search this
State of Being--Mood--Meditation  Search this
Architecture--Monument--Fountain  Search this
Control number:
IAP 53970042
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_62682