A vast Andean panorama: a jungle waterfall and a tiny wayside cross in front, a plain and a village beyond, and a snowy peak far off in the haze.

The Sublime

Heart of the Andes

Frederic Edwin Church

artist Frederic Edwin Church

date 1859

medium Oil on canvas

origin The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

dimensions 168 × 302.9 cm

credit line Frederic Edwin Church. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Open Access, CC0 1.0

exhibitions The Sublime

hall 01 The Sublime

rights CC0 1.0

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