View of Taormina
Artist
William Stanley Haseltine
(American, 1835 - 1900)
CultureAmerican
Date1871
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions14 1/2 × 24 3/4 in. (36.8 × 62.9 cm)
SignedLower right- "WS Haseltine 1871"
InscribedLower right, below the signature- "Rome 1871"
Credit LineMuseum purchase in honor of Mary Lou Nexsen and her 41 years of dedicated service to the Chrysler Museum of Art
Object number2018.36
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 211
Label TextWilliam Stanley Haseltine American, 1835-1900 View of Taormina, 1871 Oil on canvas During the nineteenth century, American painters and travelers flocked to the Italian peninsula. They were lured by the promise of classical beauty as well as picturesque scenery like that captured in this landscape on the island of Sicily. The crumbling ruins of an ancient Roman temple, the towering cone of Mt. Etna, and the resplendent coastline offer a grandiose and pleasing vision of this popular tourist region. While many American painters traveled to Italy, William Stanley Haseltine was perhaps among the most devoted to the country, settling permanently outside Rome following the Civil War. Museum purchase in honor of Mary Lou Nexsen and her 41 years of dedicated service to the Chrysler Museum of Art 2018.36ProvenanceSydney Edison, New York, purchased from Weschler’s, Washington, DC, February 24-26, 1978, lot 1065; Private collection, gift from the above; purchased by the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2018.
