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The Power of Music, 1847. oil on canvas.
oil on canvas · Framed: 67 x 78 x 7.5 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- The Power of Music
- Artist
- William Sidney Mount (American, 1807–1868)
- Date
- 1847
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 67 x 78 x 7.5 cm (26 3/8 x 30 11/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 43.4 x 53.5 cm (17 1/16 x 21 1/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1807–1868
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.




