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Recent Acquisition

Record #:
29245
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Abstract:
Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros was one of the most talented European painters working in Mexico in the early nineteenth century while he served as a French diplomat. The Museum recently acquired Gros’ Crater of Popocatepetl given as a gift in memory of Harlan Craig Brown. The oil painting depicts the crater of the famous volcano of Popocatepetl and was painted in 1833.
Source:
Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Spring 1984, p10