The Heart of the Andes

1859-1860

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor on joined sheets of wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith

  • Dimensions

    sight size: 47.7 × 91.3 cm (18 3/4 × 35 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 52.1 × 94 cm (20 1/2 × 37 in.)
    framed: 116.5 × 74 × 64 cm (45 7/8 × 29 1/8 × 25 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1972.7.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert H. and Clarice Smith, Crystal City, Virginia; acquired 1972 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • American Light: The Luminist Movement, 1850-1875, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980, p. 157, fig. 187.

1993

  • Church's Great Picture: The Heart of the Andes, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993-1994

Bibliography

1982

  • Carr, Gerald L. "American Art in Great Britain: The National Gallery Watercolor of 'The Heart of the Andes'." Studies in the History of Art 12 (1982): p. 82, fig. 1.

Inscriptions

lower left in watercolor by unknown hand: 1859 / FE CHURCH

Wikidata ID

Q64533420

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