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Overmantel: Landscape with Wayside Crosses

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image features a large, distressed teal-colored wooden frame resembling a fireplace mantel, with a painting above the opening. The frame has a flat top with decorative molding along the front edge. Below the molding, there is a recessed panel containing the painting. The painting depicts a dark landscape with a cloudy sky, trees, a road with a path leading to a cross, and a building in the background. The frame's main body consists of thick, rectangular posts on either side of the opening, with decorative panels on the sides and above the opening. The frame shows signs of wear and tear, with the teal paint chipped and faded in places, revealing brown wood underneath. The frame is set against a plain beige wall, with a brown floor visible at the bottom.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1761
Medium:
Painted wood
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 569 px
Museum record:
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