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Italian Scene
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About this work
Italian Scene shows a young woman gathering water while her friend sits on the riverbank spinning yarn. This quaint scene of Italian life suggests that, like many other nineteenth-century artists, William Tolman Carlton traveled to Italy to study and paint. Images like this, of “exotic” people and ancient monuments, were popular with American artists and tourists in Europe.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineItalian Scene. 1860. William Tolman Carlton, born Boston, MA 1816-died Dorchester, MA 1888. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stuart P. Feld. CC0.
