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Landscape with Tree and a Village in the Distance (from Cropsey Album) by Jasper Francis Cropsey

Landscape with Tree and a Village in the Distance (from Cropsey Album)

Jasper Francis Cropsey · 1847

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Artist
Jasper Francis Cropsey
Date
1847
Medium
Pen and iron-gall ink, white gouache, and graphite on heavy, light brown wove paper
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
4 1/16 x 3 in. (10.3 x 7.6 cm)
Collection
The American Wing
Culture
American
Credit line
Purchase, Charles and Anita Blatt Gift, 1970
ART MOVEMENTS
Hudson River School
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Jasper Francis Cropsey

1823–1900 · United States

Jasper Francis Cropsey, a leading Hudson River School painter, captured the vivid beauty of American autumns, often with architectural precision.

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