Sujet
The Monastery of San Pedro (Our Lady of the Snows), 1879. Creator: Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900).
Légende
The Monastery of San Pedro (Our Lady of the Snows), 1879. Although the location that inspired the painting has been subject to scholarly debate, many believe it derives from Church?s travels through the Ecuadorean Andes nearly a quarter century earlier. The composition reads as an allegory of spiritual salvation: perched atop a dramatic cliff, a brilliantly backlit monastery overlooks a shadowed foreground where a solitary figure navigates a rugged path. One of the artist?s last major paintings, it was commissioned by Cleveland banker and railroad executive Hinman B. Hurlbut (1819-1884), who also co-founded this museum.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19G13_384
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
36,0Mo (2,4Mo) / 37,3cm x 24,2cm / 4404 x 2855 (300dpi)