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John Quidor, The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane, 1858, oil on canvas, 26 7⁄8 x 33 7⁄8 in. (68.3 x 86.1 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible in part by the Catherine Walden Myer Endowment, the Julia D. Strong Endowment, and the Director’s Discretionary Fund, 1994.120
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Artwork Details
- Title
- The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane
- Artist
- Date
- 1858
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 26 7⁄8 x 33 7⁄8 in. (68.3 x 86.1 cm.)
- Markings
- lower center in oil: John Quidor./N. York 1858. stretcher upper center in pencil: Just then he saw the goblin rising in his stirrups and in the/very act of... frame verso right runner center in black ink: X126 (written sideways) back top in oil: "Just then he saw the goblin rising in his stirrups, and in the/very act of... stretcher lower left in black ink: X126 (written upside-down)
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase made possible in part by the Catherine Walden Myer Endowment, the Julia D. Strong Endowment, and the Director’s Discretionary Fund
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Landscape
- Landscape — forest
- Landscape — time — evening
- Literature — Irving — Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Literature — character — Icahabod Crane
- Literature — character — Headless Horseman
- Equestrian
- Object Number
- 1994.120
Artwork Description
Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006