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Johann Jakob Frey

Sun Breaking through Clouds above the Roman Campagna, 1844 or after

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Medium

oil on paper mounted on a second sheet and then on canvas

Dimensions

stretcher size: 29 x 44 cm (11 7/16 x 17 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

Accession Number

2009.70.122

Artists / Makers

Johann Jakob Frey (artist) Swiss, 1813 - 1865

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand on stretcher, upper right verso in pen and black ink: 13971

Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

McCrindle, Joseph F.

Exhibition History

2012: The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 118-119, no. 48 (entry by Ginger Crockett Hammer).

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