Skip to main content
Museum purchase, 1987.232.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Classical Landscape
Museum purchase, 1987.232.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Classical Landscape

PainterAttributed to Charles Putnam born before 1817
Dateabout 1825
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsOther (overall height x width): 39 3/4 × 54 5/8in. (101 × 138.7cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionPainting, attributed to Charles Putnam, depicting a classical landscape. There is a large tree in the left foreground under which sit two figures, one playing what appears to be a lyre. Goats, cows, and a dog surround them. On the right there is a small building with columns. A river is in the midground, along which sits several small buildings. There are hills in the background.
Object number1987.232.0
On View
Not on view
2004.52.286
Edwin Augustus Moore
late 19th-early 20th century
Gift of Mary W. Edwards, 1981.140.1  Photograph by David Stansbury © 2012 The Connecticut Histo…
Charles Putnam
1817
Gift of Ferrari P. Ward, 1962.45.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Charles Alvord
1916
Gift of Beatrice Garvan, 1996.88.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyrig…
Charles Noel Flagg
1905
Gift of Mr. John Lee Bunce, Mrs. Paul A.H. deMacarte, and Mr. Harcourt Schutz, 1984.34.0, Conne…
Charles Noel Flagg
1916
Commissioned by the Connecticut Historical Society, 1861.1.0, Connecticut Historical Society, N…
Charles Hosmer
1861
Gift of the estate of Alice Gertrude Tuttle, 1941.2.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known…
Charles Russell Loomis
1882
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.85.8, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No Known Cop…
Russell Cheney
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, 1987.288.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture…
General Israel Putnam