Painted on the artist's second trip to Ecuador, the titular mountains can be seen rising majestically in the distance.
This canvas features a small cross lit up on the left bank, while the right side features two trees that are about to fall into the sparkling river. When it was unveiled at New York's Lyrique Hall in 1859 it caused a sensation and thousands of patrons paid money to file past it every month in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the exotic terrain described in Humboldt's scientific writings. Painted on the artist's second trip to Ecuador, the titular mountains can be seen rising majestically in the distance. FTP identify this landscape painting by Frederick Edwin Church.
This canvas features a small cross lit up on the left bank, while the right side features two trees that are about to fall into the sparkling river.
Heart of the Andes