Sunset on a Mountainous Landscape

Artist Louis Rémy Mignot American, 1831–1870, active in Great Britain and France 1862–1870

Dateearly 1850s

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions32 x 42 in. (81.3 x 106.7 cm)
Frame: 39 x 48 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (99.1 x 123.2 x 6.4 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Louis B. and Anita Schoen

Object number2003.4

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Not on view

Provenance**Created United States, early 1850s; collection of the artist. B. G. Bouts, The Hague, 1955; P. A. Scheen, The Hague, 1957 [1]; [Christie’s, Amsterdam, April 24, 1991, no. 55] [2]; [Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco and Los Angeles, December 9, 1993, no. 3810, illus.] [2]; Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Schoen, Los Angeles; given to NCMA, 2003.

[1] As A ruin on a hill in an extensive rocky landscape.
[2] As Sunset on a Mountainous Landscape.

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