Jerusalem the Golden
1892–94
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Helen C. Hovenden, in memory of her husband, Thomas Hovenden, 1895
Accession Number
95.5
Tags
Art Historical Context
Thomas Hovenden’s *Jerusalem the Golden* (1892–94) is an evocative oil on canvas that captures a quiet moment of reflection among a small group of men and women. Painted in the final years of the artist’s life, the work reflects the late-nineteenth-century American interest in scenes of everyday spirituality and domestic contemplation. Its modest scale—30 by 40 inches—invites close viewing, allowing visitors to appreciate the subtle interplay of light and the careful rendering of figures absorbed in thought. Hovenden, an American painter trained in the French academic tradition, brought a sen...
About the Artist
Thomas Hovenden
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