Untitled (cows descending hillside)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, Untitled (cows descending hillside), 1881, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Louis Glaser, 1983.95.93
Copied Edward Mitchell Bannister, Untitled (cows descending hillside), 1881, oil on canvas, 11 1⁄8 x 12 1⁄8 in. (28.3 x 30.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Louis Glaser, 1983.95.93
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Artwork Details

Title
Untitled (cows descending hillside)
Artist
Date
1881
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
11 1⁄8 x 12 1⁄8 in. (28.3 x 30.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Louis Glaser
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female
  • Landscape — time — sunset
  • Animal — cattle
Object Number
1983.95.93
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.95.93

Artwork Description

During the 1850s and 1860s, Edward Mitchell Bannister visited the Boston Athenaeum, where he likely saw the work of American artist William Morris Hunt, who had painted in the Barbizon woods of France. Hunt’s serene paintings of the French countryside were prized by art collectors and influenced many Boston-area artists, and it is likely that Bannister hoped such scenes would bring him similar success. (Hartigan, Sharing Traditions, 1985)