Landscape with Shepherd

Robert S. Duncanson

1852 · Oil on canvas · The American Wing

Duncanson was born free in upstate New York to a family of carpenters and housepainters. An ambitious self-taught artist, he established a successful career in the Midwest, especially in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he produced landscapes that suggest the strong influence of Thomas Cole. While Duncanson painted many actual sites, "Landscape with Shepherd" typifies the idyllic pastoral view he favored.

Artist

Robert S. Duncanson

Date

1852

Medium

Oil on canvas

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Purchase, Gift of Hanson K. Corning, by exchange, 1975