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The Home of the Heron, 1893. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 76.2 × 115.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Post-Impressionism
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- Museum title
- The Home of the Heron
- Artist
- George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
- Date
- 1893
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 76.2 × 115.2 cm (30 × 45 in.)
- Credit line
- Edward B. Butler Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.