Lake Albano, Sunset

c. 1874

George Inness

Associated Names
George Inness

Artist, American, 1825 - 1894

This painting shows a green landscape from an elevated viewpoint. In the distance, light blue water meets a pale-yellow sky, and the sun casts a golden glow over the landscape. Closest to us is a shore covered in overlapping greenery and several round trees. There is a small hill on the right, with a small gray structure sitting atop it. At the bottom, two indistinct brown animals graze on a dirt mound. Behind them, another gray building is tucked away behind bushes and trees. Golden clouds drift across the sky.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased 9 June 1874 from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. J. Cleaves Dodge, Paris;[1] by inheritance 1916 to Mrs. Dodge's nephew, Henry Percival Dodge, Paris; his wife, Agnes Page Dodge [Mrs. Henry Percival Dodge], Paris, 1936-1953; her stepdaughter, Alice Lamb Cleaves Dodge [1905-1985], Paris, 1953-1955, and Washington, D.C., 1955-1962;[2] gift 1962 to NGA.
[1] A letter of 9 June 1874 from Inness to J. Cleaves Dodge, Paris (in NGA curatorial files).
[2] Alice Dodge kept a life interest in the painting after giving it to NGA in 1962; it came to the NGA at her death in 1985.

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Exhibition History

1986

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador Robie Marcus Hooker Palmer, U.S. Embassy residence, Budapest, Hungary, 1986-1990.

1997

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador Felix Rohatyn, U.S. Embassy residence, Paris, 1997-2000.

2002

  • Extended loan for use by Attorney General John Ashcroft, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 2002-2005.

2005

  • Extended loan for use by Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 2005-2007.

2007

  • America! Storie di pittura dal Nuovo Mondo, Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia, 2007-2008, no. 135, pl. 79.

Bibliography

1965

  • Ireland, LeRoy. The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné. Austin, 1965: 136, repro.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 72, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 180, repro.

1981

  • Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 125, repro.

1985

  • Cikovsky, Nicolai, Jr., and Michael Quick. George Inness. Exh. cat. Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Los Angeles, 1985: 134, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 209, repro.

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 354-357, color repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: G. Inn[ess] 187[?]

Wikidata ID

Q20188774

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