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AT-00009666Winged Fortune
About the Artwork
Winged Fortune is a study for a figure in The Discoverer, a mural that William Morris Hunt painted for the Assembly Chamber in New York's State Capitol in Albany. The mural presents Christopher Columbus in a boat; Winged Fortune stands behind him, her left hand holding the rudder while her right hand spreads the sail. Over time the murals badly deteriorated. Eventually, a new ceiling was added to the chamber, concealing them entirely, even to the present day.
Provenance
William Morris Hunt (artist's grandson), Boston; Vose Galleries, 238 Newbury Street Boston, MA; sold to CMA 10 September 1970.
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971). The American Renaissance 1876 - 1917. The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (organizer) (October 13-December 30, 1979); National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC (February 22-April 20, 1980); The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (May 31-August 10, 1980); Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (September 24-November 30, 1980). Cleveland Collects American Art of the Gilded Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 23-May 18, 2003).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- William Morris Hunt (American, 1824–1879)
- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 252 x 159.5 cm (99 3/16 x 62 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Accession no.
- 1970.54
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