A Taste for the Fine Arts
In a rural landscape with a river or lake backed by mountains, an artist's easel and painting equipment have been left unattended. The artist has moved away to chat with a woman holding a pail outside a cottage and neither notice the cattle attracted to his belongings. A cow licks the canvas propped on the easel, a calf moves towards the open painting box, and a bull with a bell around its neck looks at the viewer.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Taste for the Fine Arts
- Publisher: Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
- Date: 1868–78
- Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions: Image: 8 7/16 × 12 9/16 in. (21.5 × 31.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 14 1/16 in. (25.3 × 35.7 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952
- Object Number: 52.632.154
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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