TitleStudy from Nature
Artist
John Frederick Kensett
(American, 1816 - 1872)
Daten.d.
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 19 1/2 × 16 1/8 in.
Framed: 23 1/4 × 20 1/4 × 2 3/8 in.
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY, Bequest of James A. Suydam, 1865
Object number701-P
Label TextThis somewhat uncharacteristic scene by Kensett offers a composite of elements of his better-known subjects of forest interiors and mountain valleys. Likely a depiction of New Hampshire or Vermont, Kensett has balanced the carefully rendered birches and rock at the right with the more atmospheric form of the mountain at the left. That balance of specific detail with atmospheric effect is a recurring trait of luminist painting.
