Cliffs at Newport, Rhode Island
John Frederick Kensett
(American, 1816–1872)
about 1858
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions29.53 x 49.21 cm (11 5/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815-1865
Accession number48.440
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ProvenanceThe artist; probably private collection, Newport, R.I.; probably private collection, Brooklyn, New York; auction, Brooklyn, New York; with Victor Spark, New York, 1944; to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I., 1944; to MFA, 1948, gift of Martha C.(Mrs. Maxim) Karolik.
Peter Frederick Rothermel
about 1871