LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on canvas

Measurements:

16.00 in. (40.64 cm.) (height) by 22.50 in. (57.15 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed and dated lower right: J.F. Cropsey / Aug. 1847

Literature:

W.S. Talbot, Jasper F. Cropsey: 1823-1900, New York, 1977, pp. 48-49, 338-39, no. 19, illustrated (as Highland Streams); K.W. Maddox, A.M. Speiser, the Newington-Cropsey Foundation, Jasper Francis Cropsey: Catalogue Raisonné Volume I, 1842-1863, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 2013.According to Dr. Kenneth W. Maddox, this painting is believed to be the only existing product of the artist's month-long stay in Scotland in 1847.

Provenance:

(Possibly) Collection of William S. Chanley, 1848 (as Mountain Stream); Chapellier Galleries, New York; Private collection, Beloit, Wisconsin; A.J. Kollar Fine Art, Seattle, Washington; Sale: Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Greenwich, Connecticut, October 20, 2005, lot 29; Acquired by the present owner from the above.