Artwork Details
- Title
- Italian Scene
- Artist
- Date
- 1860
- Location
- Dimensions
- 29 1⁄4 x 36 in. (74.3 x 91.5 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stuart P. Feld
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas mounted on fiberglass
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Figure group
- Monument — fountain
- Occupation — domestic — water carrier
- Landscape — Italy
- Occupation — religion — monk
- Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
- Architecture Exterior — religious — church
- Object Number
- 1974.114
Artwork Description
Italian Scene shows a young woman gathering water while her friend sits on the riverbank spinning yarn. This quaint scene of Italian life suggests that, like many other nineteenth-century artists, William Tolman Carlton traveled to Italy to study and paint. Images like this, of “exotic” people and ancient monuments, were popular with American artists and tourists in Europe.