38-3/4 x 32-3/8 in. (canvas) 50-1/8 x 43-7/8 x 4-3/4 in. (framed)
Daniel P. Erwin Fund
American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
(Mrs. Buchner W. Anderson, Cincinnati, Ohio); Paul North Jr.; purchased by the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1954 (54.173).
The dark, brooding tone is typical of Whittredge's German work.
Summer Pastorale is probably a compilation of two views of Kallenfels recorded in sketches.
In 1849 Whittredge traveled to Düsseldorf, Germany and spent time painting in the Harz Mountains.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
A Splendid Century: Cincinnati Art 1820-1920
Taft Museum of Art
October 1, 2020 - January 24, 2021
Worthington Whittredge
Hunter Museum of American Art
June 10, 1990 - August 5, 1990
Worthington Whittredge
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
March 24, 1990 - May 20, 1990
Worthington Whittredge
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
December 8, 1989 - March 10, 1990
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