Ultra HD Master (3 181 × 2 161 px)
Hudson River School / Romanticism
1836
The Oxbow
Original title: View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm
Thomas Cole
Museum Provenance & Technical Data
Medium / Support:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
130.8 cm × 193 cm
Date of Creation:
1836
Scan Resolution:
3 181 × 2 161 px
Archive File Size:
1.6 MB
Permanent Collection:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
Historical Narrative
A panoramic vista from Mount Holyoke contrasting untamed stormy wilderness on the left with cultivated sunlit farmland along the Connecticut River on the right.
Visual & Curatorial Analysis
"The foundational masterpiece of the Hudson River School, meditating on the transformation of the American wilderness into civilization."
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