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Framed painting of a classical landscape. Scene dominated by ruined columns with a partial arch and frieze. A man and a woman recline in front of the ruins. A hunter with two dogs passes by. Oil on canvas. Elaborate gilt frame.
landscapes (representations)
paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
Picture
Landscape
Landscape
"N. Appleton No 1" (Black painted script)
"Appleton No. 1" (Pencil script)
"W. Sumner/Appleton/1" (Black ink on red and white jelly label)
"W. Sumner/Appleton/ frame/ 1" (Black ink on red and white jelly label)
Original to Governor John Langdon House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Probably Zuccarelli, Giacomo Francesco, 1702-1788 (Artist)
42 x 35 (HxW) (inches)
1966.1814
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