The artwork, entitled “Autumn Landscape (Mount Chocorua),” was created by Thomas Cole in 1828. It is an oil painting on canvas, measuring 96.4 x 122 cm, and belongs to the Romanticism art movement. The piece is a landscape and is currently held in a private collection.
The artwork captures a richly detailed scene of an autumnal environment dominated by Mount Chocorua in the background. The landscape is diverse, featuring a rugged mountain range, dense forests with foliage ranging from vibrant oranges and reds to deep greens, and a placid stream cascading into a waterfall on one side of the painting. In the foreground, a figure in dark clothing is reclining on a rock beside the stream. The scene is painted with meticulous attention to detail, characteristic of Thomas Cole’s work, emphasizing the sublime beauty and serene grandeur of the natural world. The overall effect conveys a harmonious and picturesque representation of nature’s autumnal splendor.
