Winslow Homer / Prisoners from the Front / 1866

Winslow Homer
Prisoners from the Front
1866
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Creator Name: Homer, Winslow
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1836-1910
Creator Name-CRT: Winslow Homer
Title: Prisoners from the Front
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1866
Creation End Date: 1866
Creation Date: 1866
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 38 in. (61.0 x 96.5 cm)
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 22.207
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Frank B. Porter, 1922
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Context:

The material that Homer collected as an artist-correspondent during the Civil War provided the subjects for his first oil paintings. In 1866, one year after the war ended and four years after he reputedly began to paint in oil, Homer completed this picture, a work that established his reputation. It represents an actual scene from the war in which a Union officer, Brigadier General Francis Channing Barlow (1834-1896) captured several Confederate officers on June 21, 1864. The background depicts the battlefield at Petersburg, Virginia. Infrared photography and numerous studies indicate that the painting underwent many changes in the course of completion.

AMICA ID: MMA_.22.207
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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