The Last Valley - Paradise Rocks

John La Farge

1867-1868

The Last Valley - Paradise Rocks by John La Farge

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 83.2 x 107.4 cm (32 3/4 x 42 5/16 in.) framed: 118.1 x 142.6 x 8.9 cm (46 1/2 x 56 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CAB

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel Fund

Accession Number

2000.144.1

About the Artist

John La Farge · 18351910

John La Farge (1835–1910) was born into a wealthy French émigré family in New York City, the son of John Frederick La Farge and Louisa Binsse de Saint-Victor. Educated at Jesuit institutions including Mount St. Mary's College in Maryland and St. John's College (now Fordham University), he initially pursued law but turned to art after receiving early drawing lessons from his maternal grandfather, a...

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