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The Valley of the Olives
(18th and 19th Centuries )
"The Valley of the Olives," is the largest surviving fragment of Inness' monumental painting "The New Jerusalem." It was renamed after the artist re-worked the canvas following a serious accident that occurred in Madison Square Garden on April 20, 1880. The original large painting had been lent to an exhibition in the newly built entertainment center, only to be damaged severely when a wall and tower fell in on the gallery killing three people. Recent scholarship has shown that the original painting, thought to have been lost for over 120 years, appears to have been divided by the artist into smaller pieces, which he repaired and repainted removing the religious references. The Walters also owns a smaller fragement titled "Visionary Landscape" (see WAM 27.2775).
Inscription
Provenance
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.
Richard H. Halsted; Richard H. Halsted Sale, New York January 9 1895, no. 7; purchased by Henry Walters (through W. M. Laffan as agent), Baltimore, 1895; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 2011-2012 | Jerusalem Saved! Inness and the Spiritual Landscape. Krannert Art Museum, Champaign. |
| 2005-2006 | The Walters' American Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 9/16/1946 | Treatment | surface cleaned |
| 1/1/2003 | Treatment | surfacecleaned; varnish reduced; inpainted; loss compensation; coated |
| 2/4/2004 | Examination | other |
| 5/12/2010 | Examination | examined for loan |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: H: 30 1/16 × W: 45 1/16 in. (76.3 × 114.5 cm)
Framed: H: 47 11/16 × W: 62 5/8 × D: 3 3/4 in. (121.1 × 159.1 × 9.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1895
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.112
