TitleLandscape
Artist
John Frederick Kensett
(American, 1816 - 1872)
Daten.d.
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 20 × 28 in.
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY, Gift of Samuel P. Avery, 1875
Object number698-P
Label TextLike many of Kensett's early landscapes this painting testifies to his study of Old Master paintings, notably the landscapes of Claude Lorrain. It appears to be a composed landscape, intentionally avoiding specific asssociations to particular place and time. The small figures of a shepherd and his flock, as in European models provide a point of interest as well as underscore the pastoral feeling of the scene.
