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| Keywords: Tusculum Amphitheatre.jpg The Amphitheatre of Tusculum and Albano Mountains Rome en Thomas Worthington Whittredge May 22 1820 - February 25 1910 was an American artist of the Hudson River School Whittredge was a highly regarded artist of his time and was friends with several leading Hudson River School artists including Albert Bierstadt and Sanford Robinson Gifford He traveled widely and excelled at landscape painting many examples of which are now in major museums Whittredge spent nearly ten years in Europe meeting and travelling with other important artists The ancient culture of Italy offered a poignant tale of faded glory contrasting with America's rise to economic power The Tusculum theatre is shown in the harsh light of day oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum Own photograph of painting in the Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington DC photograph Ad Meskens creator Thomas Worthington Whittredge 1860 When used please add 'photograph Ad Meskens' PD-Old The Amphitheatre of Tusculum and Albano Mountains Rome | ||||
