In the Mountain Fastness / Daniel Huntington
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- Accession Number
- 1916.1
- Title
- In the Mountain Fastness
- Artist
- Daniel Huntington
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1816 - 1906
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1850
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Jean A. Wetmore
- Inscription
- Inscribed l.l. on boulder: D.H./1850. Inscribed l.l.: DH. 1851
- Dimensions
- 125.5 cm x 156.85 cm x 7 cm (49 7/16 in. x 61 3/4 in. x 2 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Dark landscape set atop a rocky mountain with sparse vegetation. There is a small boulder in the left foreground space with a dead tree standing beside it; in the right foreground there is what appears to be a small cave. A dead and broken tree lies across the bottom of the picture frame. There are mountains in the distance and a dark stormy sky above with a break in the clouds near the center of the canvas that reveals a sunny blue sky.
- Subject Matter
- “In the Mountain Fastness” is a dark, moody, idealized landscape painting whose title is derived from a line in the popular classic Protestant allegory “The Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan, a Christian writer and preacher. Huntington believed that art had a high moral purpose and was a medium of spiritual truth. This work reflects Huntington’s deeply held personal religious beliefs and celebrates the grandeur of God’s power and creation in nature.
- Primary Keywords
- caves
- clouds
- landscapes
- landscapes (environments)
- mountains
- rock
- rocks
- romantic
- romanticism
- sky
- storms
- trees
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- european
- european styles and periods
- events
- forms of expression
- geography
- inorganic material
- landform components
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern european styles and movements
- natural events
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Rights
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1183 x 921
- File Size
- 85 KB
- Record
- 1916.1
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"In the Mountain Fastness; Daniel Huntington." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1916.1/1916.1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
