2.13 Albert Bierstadt, Roman Fish Market, The Arch of Octavius, 1858

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Description: Roman Fish Market, The Arch of Octavius

TitleRoman Fish Market, The Arch of Octavius

Creator nameBierstadt, Albert

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1858

Object typePainting

Materialsoil on canvas

Dimensions27 5/8 × 37 3/8 in. (70.2 × 94.9 cm)

LocationFine Arts Museum of San Francisco

https://art.famsf.org/albert-bierstadt/roman-fish-market-arch-octavius-1979712

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsFishes in artMarkets in artCities and towns in artHudson River school of landscape painting

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George Henry Hall (1825–1913) arrived in Spain a few months after Samuel Colman and like his compatriot began to illustrate the writings of Washington Irving, Alexander Slidell MacKenzie, and Richard Ford; Colman painted landscapes of Spain’s southern cities, and Hall peopled his canvases with the picturesque residents of Seville. Hall’s...

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Chapter subject tags:Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban, 1617-1682Painting, American--Spanish influencesGenre paintingHall, George Henry, 1825-1913Spain--Description and travel

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