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View of Taormina
Artist:
William Stanley Haseltine
(American, 1835 - 1900)
Date: 1871
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 1/2 × 24 3/4 in. (36.8 × 62.9 cm)
Classification: American art
Credit Line: Museum purchase in honor of Mary Lou Nexsen and her 41 years of dedicated service to the Chrysler Museum of Art
Object number: 2018.36
On view
DescriptionThis painting depicts the ruins of an ancient Greek amphitheater on the island of Sicily, with the modern town of Taormina, and the towering Mt. Aetna in the distance.
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 2018.36
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 2018.36
Provenance
Sydney 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.