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Heart of the Andes, 1859. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 66 1/8 x 120 3/16 in. (168 x 302.9cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Heart of the Andes
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York)
- Date
- 1859
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 66 1/8 x 120 3/16 in. (168 x 302.9cm)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Margaret E. Dows, 1909
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1826–1900
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.