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A View near Tivoli (Morning)

Thomas Cole American
1832
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 759
Born in England, Cole immigrated to the United States when he was seventeen. He later returned to Europe for two extended visits. The landscape of Italy particularly interested him, and he drew on the artistic conventions of European masters such as Claude Lorrain to portray it. In the spring of 1832 Cole sketched in the Roman countryside, but he did not paint this canvas until after he returned to Florence in June. In 1834 he described this work in a letter and identified the architectural ruins as "part of an ancient aqueduct, called ‘Il Arco di Nerone.’"

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A View near Tivoli (Morning)
  • Artist: Thomas Cole (American, Lancashire 1801–1848 Catskill, New York)
  • Date: 1832
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 23 1/8in. (37.5 x 58.7cm)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1903
  • Object Number: 03.27
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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