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Landscape—Scene from "Thanatopsis", Asher Brown Durand, 1850
Asher Brown Durand, portraitAsher Brown DurandAmerican, 1796–1886

Landscape—Scene from "Thanatopsis"

1850 · Painting

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Where is “Landscape—Scene from "Thanatopsis"” now? The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 736, New York. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room736

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Accession number
11.156

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MountainsLandscape

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PaintingsOilAmerican paintingRealism19th centuryAmerican

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