Crater of Popocatépetl
Artist
Jean Baptiste Louis Gros
French, 1793–1870
Date1833
MediumOil on paper laid down on canvas
Dimensions12 x 17 in. (30.5 x 43.2 cm)
Frame: 21 1/2 x 26 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (54.6 x 66.7 x 6.4 cm)
Frame: 21 1/2 x 26 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (54.6 x 66.7 x 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds given in memory of Harlan Craig Brown
Object number83.7
On View
Not on viewProvenancePrivate collection, Mexico (Rodolfo Knapp? See Notes section); with Wheelock Whitney & Co., New York, 1983; sold to NCMA, 1983.
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