The Temple of Neptune, Paestum
Artist/Maker
John Frederick Kensett
(American, 1816–1872)
Date1847
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/8 × 14 5/16 in. (23.8 × 36.3 cm)
Frame: 14 1/2 × 19 × 1 1/2 in. (36.8 × 48.3 × 3.8 cm)
Frame: 14 1/2 × 19 × 1 1/2 in. (36.8 × 48.3 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charles F. and Abigail L. Olney
Object number1904.432
Status
Not on viewAmerican Artists Discover America
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 1, 1946 - February 28, 1946 )
American Paintings
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 23, 1954 - December 18, 1954 )
Major Works in Minor Scale
- Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL (December 4, 1959 - December 24, 1959 )
- Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA (January 5, 1960 - January 25, 1960 )
- The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK (February 2, 1960 - February 23, 1960 )
- Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA (March 10, 1960 - March 31, 1960 )
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (April 13, 1960 - May 2, 1960 )
- Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (May 17, 1960 - June 30, 1960 )
- Miami Beach Art Center, Miami Beach, FL (July 18, 1960 - August 3, 1960 )
- George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO (August 17, 1960 - September 11, 1960 )
- Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, IN (September 21, 1960 - October 11, 1960 )
- Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA (October 29, 1960 - November 19, 1960 )
- New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT (December 1, 1960 - December 22, 1960 )
As We Were: 1917
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 9, 1966 - October 15, 1966 )
American Paintings and Sculpture
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 30, 1985 - August 18, 1985 )
American Landscapes and Tromp L'Oeil from the Permanent Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (December 5, 1986 - February 1, 1987 )
Landscape in the 19th Century: Observation and Interpretation
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 20, 1990 - April 29, 1990 )
Figure to Non-Figurative: The Evolution of Modern Art in Europe and North America, 1830-1950
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 23, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
Classic Ground: Mid-Nineteenth-Century American Painting and the Italian Encounter
- Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA (October 23, 2004 - January 2, 2005 )
Surveying the Ruin: The Architectural Landscape on Paper
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 1, 2005 - August 21, 2005 )
Objects of Encounter: American Myths of Place
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 5, 2022 - December 23, 2022 )
Collections
- Americas
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postmarked July 4, 1958