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Hudson River Scene, 1857. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 32 x 48 in. (81.3 x 121.9 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Hudson River Scene
- Artist
- John Frederick Kensett (American, Cheshire, Connecticut 1816–1872 New York)
- Date
- 1857
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 32 x 48 in. (81.3 x 121.9 cm)
- Credit line
- Gift of H. D. Babcock, in memory of his father, S. D. Babcock, 1907
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1816–1872
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.




