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The foreground is populated by bushels of wild dry brush with two large brown rocks projecting …
Souvenir of Mexico
The foreground is populated by bushels of wild dry brush with two large brown rocks projecting …
The foreground is populated by bushels of wild dry brush with two large brown rocks projecting into the center. A small group of figures stands beside the rocks. In the background is a large purple mountain fading into the purple hues of the sky.
Souvenir of Mexico, Carl Brandt, 1886, oil on canvas, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Souvenir of Mexico

Artist (German, 1831 - 1905)
Date1886
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 30 × 49 inches (76.2 × 124.5 cm)
Framed: 31 1/4 × 50 3/16 × 2 1/8 inches (79.4 × 127.5 × 5.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number1888.2
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