Study for "Dance on the Battery in Presence of Peter Stuyvesant"
Asher Brown Durand · c. 1838 · charcoal with brown and white chalk on blue-gray wove paper
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About this picture
Study for "Dance on the Battery in Presence of Peter Stuyvesant" is a public-domain drawing by Asher Brown Durand, dated c. 1838. Charcoal with brown and white chalk on blue-gray wove paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Study for "Dance on the Battery in Presence of Peter Stuyvesant"” (c. 1838) is an American landscape by Durand. A small oil is often a study from the spot. A large canvas is the studio picture built from those studies.
About the artist
Asher Brown Durand (1796–1886) was a Hudson River School painter. He studied American trees and hills outdoors and finished the exhibition pictures in the studio.
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