Research & records
Provenance
The ownership history as recorded in the original study, including its account of the painting’s rediscovery.
Historical record: dates, ownership, locations, contact details and any sale statements below are reproduced from the original study. They have not been confirmed as current.
Since 1973. The Property of a Distinguished Anglo/Swiss Family.
1979. 'Re-discovered' by Oliver Thiebaud of The Art & Architectural Trust after the sale - in 1979 - of The Icebergs 1861 for, $2,750,000 by Sotheby's Parke Burnet, New York.
Before 1973 - In the private collection of an English Duke.
For
Further information or to
contact the A.A.T. Curator, email curator@artandarchitecturaltrust.com
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The
real provenance of this extraordinary work is from the roots
and bedrock of Church's Christian belief,
You
are the Light of the World.
Let your Light so shine before Men, that they may see your
Good Works and
Glorify your Father who is in Heaven.
The
New Testament
Gospel according to St Mathew, Chapter V (5). Verses, 14 &
16.
Additional context from the original page
Rocky Forest Pool 1857 Church's first Wilderness Painting of the 1850's and his answer to Durand's In the Woods 1855. Church has condensed the condensation of nature in this unique painting. It is his Celebratory Prayer, Poem and Lesson.*
From the original Rocky Forest Pool study, © Oliver Thiebaud, 1985, 1995, 2002. Wording retained for review; interpretations and citations have not been independently verified.