Landscape with Cows Watering in a Stream
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
21 1/8 x 34 1/2 in. (53.7 x 87.6 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman, 1974
Accession Number
1974.359a, b
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About this artwork
This pastoral landscape depicts cows watering in a stream, painted in 1871 by Robert S. Duncanson near the end of his life. The composition presents a serene natural scene with cattle at the water's edge, surrounded by lush vegetation and trees, executed in the Hudson River School tradition of American landscape painting. The work demonstrates Duncanson's skill in rendering atmospheric effects and his sensitivity to natural light and color. Robert Seldon Duncanson was the first African American ...