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Source Description
Colman, a native of Portland, Maine, studied with Asher B. Durand, the leading exponent of the Hudson River School of landscape painting. In 1860/1862, Colman travelled in Italy where he completed this small watercolor sketch in early June, 1861.Certaldo, a small town south of Florence, is known as the birthplace of Giovanni Boccaccio, the 14th-century poet.
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Document identity
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333
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Certaldo, June 6th, '61
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title
Certaldo, June 6th, '61
description
Colman, a native of Portland, Maine, studied with Asher B. Durand, the leading exponent of the Hudson River School of landscape painting. In 1860/1862, Colman travelled in Italy where he completed this small watercolor sketch in early June, 1861.Certaldo, a small town south of Florence, is known as the birthplace of Giovanni Boccaccio, the 14th-century poet.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1861
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en
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Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
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import
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cm
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8.5
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12
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H: 3 3/8 x W: 4 3/4 in. (8.5 x 12 cm)
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inscriptions
[Inscribed] Lower left: Certaldo
June 6th '61
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watercolor on paper
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none
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