The Heart of the Andes

E16794

landscape painting painting

The Heart of the Andes is a monumental 1859 landscape painting by Frederic Edwin Church that dramatically depicts the South American Andes with meticulous detail and romantic grandeur.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landscape painting → painting →
acquisitionBy	Metropolitan Museum of Art →
acquisitionYear	1909 →
artHistoricalPeriod	19th century →
artStyle	Luminism → Romanticism →
artworkHeight	168.3 cm →
artworkWidth	302.9 cm →
collection	Metropolitan Museum of Art collection →
commissionedBy	William T. Blodgett →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
creator	Frederic Edwin Church →
depicts	Andes → Ecuadorian landscape → Mount Chimborazo → South America → cross → figures in foreground → indigenous people → lake → missionary → tropical vegetation → waterfall →
describedAs	monumental landscape painting →
displayedWith	elaborate frame →
exhibitedAt	Tenth Street Studio Building →
firstExhibited	New York City →
firstExhibitedIn	1859 →
genre	Hudson River School →
hasTitle	The Heart of the Andes →
inception	1859 →
inspiredBy	Alexander von Humboldt → Church’s travels in South America →
languageOfTitle	English →
location	Metropolitan Museum of Art →
locationCity	New York City →
locationCountry	United States →
materialUsed	oil paint →
movement	Hudson River School →
notableFor	dramatic lighting → meticulous detail → panoramic composition → romantic grandeur →
previousOwner	John Taylor Johnston → William T. Blodgett →
subjectHeading	Andes in art →
surface	canvas →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Frederic Edwin Church → Frederic Edwin Church →	notableWork
The Heart of the Andes →	hasTitle