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Spring in the valley of the Mitta Mitta with the Bogong Ranges in the distance

Spring in the valley of the Mitta Mitta with the Bogong Ranges in the distance
1863

Medium
oil on canvas

Measurements
43.5 × 69.3 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004

Gallery location
Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in red paint l.l.: Eug. v. Guérard (Guérard underlined) / Melb : fec : / 1863

Accession Number
2004.591

Department
Australian Painting

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Frame

Eugene Von Guerard’s small version of Spring in the Valley of the Mitta Mitta came into the collection in 2004.
The larger version of the subject, also in the NGV collection, has an original Isaac Whitehead frame.
A new frame, based on frames by Isaac Whitehead on paintings by von Guerard, was made in 2010.
The painting was cleaned and restored in 2005-06.

Frame Details

Framemaker
Reproduction - commissioned by the NGV

Date
2010

Materials

Timber, composition gold leaf