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Painting

Title:
Untitled
Object Name:
Painting
Object ID:
1979.020.13.3
Creator:
Unknown
Date:
1800-1850
Description:
Landscape painting, untitled, unknown artist, 1800-1850. Oil on paper. One of four views of the English gardens in Munich, Germany. Neo-classical building in center middle ground with four ionic columns and large pediment. Trees to the right foreground and middle ground. Blue sky with red clouds on horizon. Unsigned. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-7.5 W-11.25 inches
Provenance:
Originally owned by Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford, who bequeathed her collection of family portraits to her cousin Joseph Burbeen Walker (1822-1913) in 1852. The portraits then passed to his son Charles R. Walker (1852-1922), and to his grandson Sheafe Walker, the donor.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Sheafe Walker
People:
Count Rumford
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