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Cole visited Italy in 1831 and made a small pencil sketch of this vista of Florence shortly before sunset. In his New York studio six years later, he transformed the drawing into t his large oil painting, adding picturesque humans and goats to the foreground. Exhibiting View of Florence alongside a painting of the Catskill Mountains in New York in 1837, Cole set out to prove that he had mastered the very different landscapes of the Old and New Worlds. Title View of Florence Creator Thomas Cole (American, 1801¨C1848) Date Created 1837 Physical Dimensions Framed 125.4 x 186.7 x 9.2 cm (49 3/8 x 73 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.); Unframed 99.5 x 160.4 cm (39 3/16 x 63 1/8 in.) Provenance The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, (Victor Spark, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), Francis Moro, New York, NY, sold to Victor Spark1, Private collector, New York, NY, sold to Francis Moro1, (Antique store, New York, NY, sold to a private collector)1, Henry James, Sr. [1811-1882], New York, NY1, Edward James, New York, NY, probably to his brother, Henry James, S1, Jonathan Mason, Boston1, Possibly Mr. Hunt, Boston1 Type Painting Rights CC0 Medium oil on canvas Inscriptions Signed lower right T C Fun Fact Novelist Henry James grew up with this painting and described its foreground monk as his ¡°constant friend.¡± Department American Painting and Sculpture Culture America, 19th century Credit Line Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund Collection American - Painting Accession Number 1961.39 Show more