The Heart of the Andes

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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.

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The Heart of the Andes canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landscape painting
painting
acquisitionBy Metropolitan Museum of Art
acquisitionYear 1909
artHistoricalPeriod 19th century
artStyle Hudson River School
surface form: Luminism

Romanticism
artworkHeight 168.3 cm
artworkWidth 302.9 cm
collection Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
commissionedBy William Tilden Blodgett
surface form: William T. Blodgett
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Frederic Edwin Church
depicts Andes
Ecuadorian landscape
Chimborazo
surface form: 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 self-link
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 of America
surface form: United States
materialUsed oil paint
movement Hudson River School
notableFor dramatic lighting
meticulous detail
panoramic composition
romantic grandeur
previousOwner John Taylor Johnston
William Tilden Blodgett
surface form: William T. Blodgett
subjectHeading Andes in art
surface canvas

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Frederic Edwin Church notableWork The Heart of the Andes
The Heart of the Andes hasTitle The Heart of the Andes self-link
Frederic notableWork The Heart of the Andes
subject surface form: Frederic Edwin Church