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The painting features a valley with purple and brown mountains in the distance, surrounding a reflective body of water with a small rowboat floating on it. Closer to us, there are gray rocks, brown tree trunks and branches, and lush green vegetation at the edge of the water. The sky above is painted in warm shades of yellow, peach, and orange, which transition to pale greenish-blue at the top. The water below reflects these colors, as well as those of the distant mountain and surrounding trees.
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The painting features a valley with purple and brown mountains in the distance, surrounding a reflective body of water with a small rowboat floating on it. Closer to us, there are gray rocks, brown tree trunks and branches, and lush green vegetation at the edge of the water. The sky above is painted in warm shades of yellow, peach, and orange, which transition to pale greenish-blue at the top. The water below reflects these colors, as well as those of the distant mountain and surrounding trees.

National Gallery of Art · Painting

American Landscape

Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome

Date
1872
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 76.2 × 127 cm (30 × 50 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
2025.25.1
Credit line
Gift of Funds from James and Christiane Valone in honor of Franklin Kelly
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CAB
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • American
  • Acquired after publication of American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I [A-L]
  • Trees
  • Mountain landscape
  • Nature
  • Lake
Provenance

Private collection, Bowling Green/Smiths Grove, Kentucky; (private estate sale); purchased by (Michael Hall Antiques and Fine Art, Nashville); purchased 2024 by (Hawthorne Fine Art, New York); purchased 2025 by NGA.

Inscription

Signed and dated, lower right: G. Jerome 1872

NGA object ID 230998. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.