Who created "Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore"?

Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore was created by Sanford Robinson Gifford in 1871.

What medium is "Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore"?

Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore is Oil on canvas.

Is "Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore" in the public domain?

Yes, Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore

Sanford Robinson Gifford

1871

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

20 1/4 x 36in. (51.4 x 91.4cm)

Classification

Painting

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Colonel Charles A. Fowler, 1921

Accession Number

21.115.1

Tags

LakesMountainsLandscapes

About this artwork

Sanford Robinson Gifford painted this luminous view of Isola Bella in 1871, capturing the transcendent light effects that made him one of Luminism's most accomplished practitioners. Gifford had visited Lake Maggiore in northern Italy multiple times, sketching the picturesque island and its baroque palace during his 1856 and 1868 European tours. This painting, based on oil sketches made during those visits, transforms observed topography into a meditation on light, atmosphere, and the sublime bea...

About the Artist

Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1823–1880

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Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore

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