A Reconnaissance
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
27 1/4 × 40 in. (69.2 × 101.6 cm) Framed: 39 × 52 in. (99.1 × 132.1 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Louis and Gabrielle Bacon, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019
Accession Number
2019.438
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About the Artist
Frederic Remington
Frederic Remington (1861–1909) was an American painter, sculptor, and illustrator who became the preeminent visual chronicler of the American West. Born in Canton, New York, he studied briefly at the Yale School of the Fine Arts and the Art Students League of New York before making his first trip west in 1881, where he found the subject matter that would define his career. Remington's paintings a...