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Frederic Edwin Church

The Monastery of San Pedro (Our Lady of the Snows)

1879
oil on canvas
118.8 × 183.2 cm (46.8 × 72.1 in)

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This painting was commissioned by Cleveland banker and railroad executive Hinman B. Hurlbut (1819–1884), who also cofounded the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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