Why it matters
An idealised panorama of the South American Andes combines mountains, plains and jungle, full of detail. Its exhibition in New York in 1859 was a sensation and established Church as America's foremost landscape painter.
Did you know?
- It measures about 1.5 by 3 metres.
- More than 12,000 people paid 25 cents to see it.
- It has been in the Metropolitan Museum since 1909.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Heart of the Andes (CC BY-SA 4.0).
