Lake Albano, Sunset
c. 1874
Artist, American, 1825 - 1894
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
Gift of Alice Dodge in memory of her father, Henry Percival Dodge
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Dimensions
overall: 76.5 x 114.4 cm (30 1/8 x 45 1/16 in.)
framed: 93.4 x 130.8 x 5.1 cm (36 3/4 x 51 1/2 x 2 in.) -
Accession
1962.2.1
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.
Associated Names
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