1977.34: Benvenu and Loch Achray, Scotland

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1977.34

People

Alexander Nasmyth, British (Edinburgh, Scotland 1758 - 1840 Edinburgh, Scotland)

Title

Benvenu and Loch Achray, Scotland

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Ben Venu and Loch Achray, near Loch Katrine (Scotland)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1837

Culture

British, Scottish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/311838

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

67 × 89.9 cm (26 3/8 × 35 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: on back: Ben Venue and Loch Achray Near Loch Katrine, Scotland/Alex. Nasmyth/Edinburgh

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Leonard Opdycke, to; his son Leonard E. Opdycke, Boston, gift, to Fogg Art Museum, 1977

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Leonard E. Opdycke

Accession Year

1977

Object Number

1977.34

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Peter Johnson and Ernle Money, The Nasmyth Family of Painters, F. Lewis (Leigh-on-Sea, 1977), p. 51
• Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 122; repr. as no. 57
• J. C. B. Cooksey, Alexander Nasmyth 1758-1840: A Man of the Scottish Renaissance, Paul Harris (Scotland, 1991), p. 114

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