Mrs. Luman Reed
Medium
Oil on canvas, laid down on composition board
Dimensions
30 1/8 x 25 in. (76.5 x 63.5 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Frederick Sturges Jr., 1977
Accession Number
1977.342.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Mrs. Luman Reed (ca. 1835) is a striking collaborative portrait by Charles Cromwell Ingham and Asher Brown Durand two prominent American artists of the early 19th century.gham, known for his precise and elegant portraiture, often captured the refined likenesses of New York's elite, while Durand, a founder of the Hudson River School brought his keen eye for naturalism to both landscapes and figures. Together, they created this intimate depiction of Mrs. Luman, wife of the notable New York merchant and art collector Luman Reed, in oil on canvas measuring 30 1/8 x 25 inches. Now housed in The M...