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Painted landscape of a snow-capped volcano with a smoke plume over a valley, and a white hacienda with red roofs in the lower right.

Cotopaxi

A snow-capped volcano rises above a broad, sunlit valley, with a thin plume of smoke drifting from its summit. In the lower right, a white hacienda with red-tiled roofs sits among green fields and trees, under a pale blue sky.

Artist
Frederic Edwin Church
Date
1855
Medium
oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
3000 × 1965 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1855).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Español: Cotopaxi, paisaje al óleo de Frederic Edwin Church

Un volcán cubierto de nieve se alza sobre un amplio valle iluminado por el sol, con una delgada columna de humo que se desprende de su cima. En el extremo inferior derecho, una hacienda blanca con techos de tejas rojas se encuentra entre campos verdes y árboles, bajo un cielo azul pálido.

Português: Cotopaxi, paisagem a óleo de Frederic Edwin Church

Um vulcão coberto de neve ergue-se sobre um amplo vale iluminado pelo sol, com uma fina coluna de fumaça saindo do topo. No canto inferior direito, uma fazenda branca com telhados de telha vermelha fica entre campos verdes e árvores, sob um céu azul-claro.

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