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Source Description
In this painting, the United States frigate is sailing through high seas toward port. At the right, a paddle-wheel ship flying the American ensign is under steam and at the left is another American naval ship under sail. The waning sun breaks through the cloud cover near the horizon, casting a warm light across the scene.The de Simones were a Neapolitan family of ship-portrait specialists who worked in oil and gouache in the 2nd half of the 19th century.
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Document identity
localId
11686
label
The Frigate Congress Outside Naples
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
11686
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Frigate Congress Outside Naples
description
In this painting, the United States frigate is sailing through high seas toward port. At the right, a paddle-wheel ship flying the American ensign is under steam and at the left is another American naval ship under sail. The waning sun breaks through the cloud cover near the horizon, casting a warm light across the scene.The de Simones were a Neapolitan family of ship-portrait specialists who worked in oil and gouache in the 2nd half of the 19th century.
provenance
Clintonia Wright, wife of Lieutenant May [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Anne Gordon Boyce Baldwin, by inheritance [passed down four generations from Clintonia Wright]; Walters Art Museum, April 1979, by gift.
date
1857
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
45.1
height
65.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 17 3/4 x W: 25 15/16 in. (45.1 x 65.9 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower right: Tom. so De Simone 1857
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
4185
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2909
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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1f7e1000d0dfeeda