George Inness, American, 1825–1894
The Home of the Heron, 1891
Oil on canvas
107.0 x 94.0 cm. (42 1/8 x 37 in.)
Gift of Victor Stephen Harris, Class of 1940, and David Harris, Class of 1944, in memory of their father, Victor Harris (y1943-93 )
photo: Bruce M. White
Interactives
This page provides links to some of the Museum's dynamic interactives:
Watch a video of the installation of George Segal's Circus Acrobats.
American Portraits: Click and Learn.
Sorcerers of the Fifth Heaven: Learn about the Museum's Postclassic Nahua ceramic effigy censer.
Sorcerers of the Fifth Heaven: Learn about the Museum's Postclassic Nahua ceramic effigy censer.
Explore the Koetsu handscroll from Japan's Edo period, read English translations, and create your own poem.
Make a Cizhou vessel and learn about creating Cizhou ware during China's Song and Uian dynasties.
Create a Bronze vessel and learn about the Bronze Age in China
Listen to Music from the Land of the Jaguar's musical instruments from the major cultures of the ancient Americas that flourished from 1000 B.C. to the beginning of the Spanish conquest in A.D. 1519.
Recapturing the Image and see the steps followed by Andrea di Bartolo, a Sienese late fourteenth century artist, in the construction of the Madonna and Child in the Museum.
Clarify the Achilles Fragment from ancient clay pot that was made in Athens about 515–510 B.C.
Clarify the Achilles Fragment from ancient clay pot that was made in Athens about 515–510 B.C.