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The Monastery of San Pedro (Our Lady of the Snows)

1879

Frederic Edwin Church

(American, 1826–1900)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Unframed: 118.8 x 183.2 cm (46 3/4 x 72 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1915.684
Public Domain
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This painting was commissioned by Cleveland banker and railroad executive Hinman B. Hurlbut (1819–1884), who also cofounded the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Description

Although the location that inspired the painting has been subject to scholarly debate, many believe it derives from Church’s travels through the Ecuadorean Andes nearly a quarter century earlier. The composition reads as an allegory of spiritual salvation: perched atop a dramatic cliff, a brilliantly backlit monastery overlooks a shadowed foreground where a solitary figure navigates a rugged path.

The Monastery of San Pedro (Our Lady of the Snows)

1879

Frederic Edwin Church

(American, 1826–1900)
America

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