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Comerciantes de pieles descendiendo por el río Missouri

1845
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 731
Por haber pasado su infancia en Missouri, Bingham conocía la vida a orillas del gran río que nace cerca de la frontera canadiense y se une al Mississippi en San Luis. Un viejo tratante francés procedente de las tierras vírgenes del Norte guía la canoa. Reclinado sobre los bártulos, su hijo (mestizo de ascendencia india y europea) hace guardia con un fusil mientras ambos flotan corriente abajo con rumbo al lugar donde venderán sus pieles. La bruma y el silencio, impenetrables y hechiceros, impregnan la escena. De hecho, el comercio de las pieles tradicional ya había desaparecido a mediados del siglo XIX, pero el cuadro entusiasmó a los habitantes de la costa este de los Estados Unidos cuando se exhibió en Nueva York.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Comerciantes de pieles descendiendo por el río Missouri
  • Artista: George Caleb Bingham, estadounidense, 1811–1879
  • Fecha: 1845
  • Material: Óleo sobre lienzo
  • Dimensiones: 73,7 x 92,7 cm
  • Crédito: Fondo Morris K. Jesup, 1933
  • Número de inventario: 33.61
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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