Moonlight on the Everglades

Artist Paul Frenzeny (American, born France, 1840 - 1902)

Date1890

MediumOil on linen

DimensionsFrame: 18 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (47 x 37.5 x 6.4 cm)
Sight: 9 5/8 x 13 1/2 in. (24.4 x 34.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineThe Florida Art Collection, Gift of Samuel H. and Roberta T. Vickers

Object number2020.18.103

Collections

MODERN

Visual DescriptionNight landscape with several alligators resting along the shore of a swamp as moonlight casts a romantic glow on the surface of the water.

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