Antelao, From Cortina, with Studies of Flowers
July 9, 1904
Classification
landscapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Samuel Colman
Accession Number
1939-85-99
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Samuel Colman, an American artist active from the mid-nineteenth into the early twentieth century, this landscape drawing or painting on July 9, 1904. Titled *Antelao, From Cortina, with Studies of Flowers*, the work captures a view of the dramatic Antelao peak in the Italian Dolomites as seen from Cortina d’Ampezzo, while also incorporating delicate floral studies. Such combinations of sweeping mountain scenery and intimate botanical details were characteristic of artists who traveled widely to record both grand vistas and the smaller wonders of nature. Now part of the Smithsonian American A...