Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00000262About the Artwork
Cole visited Italy in 1831 and made a small pencil sketch of this vista of Florence shortly before sunset. In his New York studio six years later, he transformed the drawing into this large oil painting, adding picturesque humans and goats to the foreground. Exhibiting View of Florence alongside a painting of the Catskill Mountains in New York in 1837, Cole set out to prove that he had mastered the very different landscapes of the Old and New Worlds.
Inscriptions
Signed lower right: "T C"
Provenance
1961-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio 1960-1961: (Victor Spark, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) Until 1960: Francis Moro, New York, NY, sold to Victor Spark1 ?: Private collector, New York, NY, sold to Francis Moro1 ?: (Antique store, New York, NY, sold to a private collector)1 By 1854-?: Henry James, Sr. [1811-1882], New York, NY1 By 1848-before 1854: Edward James, New York, NY, probably to his brother, Henry James, S1 by 1839: Jonathan Mason, Boston1 1838-1839?: Possibly Mr. Hunt, Boston1
Exhibition history
Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961). Paintings and Drawings by Thomas Cole. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (organizer) (January 26-February 28, 1965). Thomas Cole. Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, NY (organizer) (co-organizer) (February 14-March 23, 1969); Munson Museum of Art, Utica, NY (April 5-May 4, 1969); Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY (May 9-June 20, 1969); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (June 30-September 1, 1969). Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971). 19th Century Americans in Italy. Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS (organizer) (November 3-December 3, 1972). Thomas Cole's Journey: Atlantic Crossings. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (January 29-May 13, 2018); National Gallery, London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (June 13-October 7, 2018).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 7, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Thomas Cole (American, born England,1801–1848)
- Date
- 1837
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 125.4 x 186.7 x 9.2 cm (49 3/8 x 73 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.); Unframed: 99.5 x 160.4 cm (39 3/16 x 63 1/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Accession no.
- 1961.39
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