Musidora
Medium
engraving in black on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 36.99 × 27.15 cm (14 9/16 × 10 11/16 in.) plate: 43.02 × 30.8 cm (16 15/16 × 12 1/8 in.) sheet: 47.15 × 33.5 cm (18 9/16 × 13 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)
Accession Number
2015.19.601
Art Historical Context
**Musidora** *Asher Brown Durand, 5* Engraving in black on laid paper into the refined world of early 19th-century Americanmaking with Asher B. Durand's *Musora* (1825), an engraving capturing a moment of classical reverie. Durand, a pioneering figure who would later co-found the Hudson River School of landscape painting began his career as a engraver. This work the poetic scene from James Thomson's *The Seasons*, where the nymph Musidora bathes unaware, evoking themes of natural beauty and voyeuristic innocence popular in neoclassical art. Crafted on laid paper—distinguished by its s...
About the Artist
Asher Brown Durand · 1796–1886
Was a principal member of the Hudson River School. American artist; associated with the Hudson River School of landscape painting. Comment on works: Portraits