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Certaldo, June 6th, '61
1861
watercolor on paper
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Colman, a native of Portland, Maine, studied with Asher B. Durand, the leading exponent of the Hudson River School of landscape painting. In 1860/1862, Colman travelled in Italy where he completed this small watercolor sketch in early June, 1861.
Certaldo, a small town south of Florence, is known as the birthplace of Giovanni Boccaccio, the 14th-century poet.
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Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
H: 3 3/8 x W: 4 3/4 in. (8.5 x 12 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters (?)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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37.1546