The Arch of Nero (Ruined Aqueduct near Tivoli)
Gifford was an important Hudson River school luminist. He began his career as a portrait painter but in 1843 became attracted to landscapes. This direction was solidified by a sketching tour of the Catskills and Berkshires. Gifford greatly admired the work of Thomas Cole but r...
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Purchased by Henry James, Esq., Baltimore, MD [1]; Priscilla Ridgely Schaff, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, June 1982.[1] A receipt in the curatoral file dated ""New York March 2nd 1874"" gives the cost of the painting as $1600, and is made out to ""Henry James Esq."" Henry James (not the author) lived in Baltimore, as listed in the memorial catalog of Gifford's work from 1881.
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