Year 1891 Artist Jūlijs Feders | Medium oil on canvas Created 1891 | |
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Dimensions 101 cm × 173 cm (40 in × 68 in) Similar Young Gypsy Woman, Madonna with Machine, Princess with a Monkey, Winter | ||
The Gauja Valley (Latvian Gaujas leja) is a painting by Latvian painter Jūlijs Feders from 1891.
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Description
Gaujas leja is one of the best known of the artist's works; the painting became one of the symbols of Latvian landscape. It is an oil painting on canvas and measures 101 x 173 cm.
It is located in the Latvian National Museum of Art.
Provenance
The painting was first exhibited at the Art Academy exhibition in St. Petersburg. After twenty years it was owned by a private collector. In 1921, the Riga City Art Museum purchased it.
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