An image of Thomas Cole’s 1846-1847 The Cross and the World: Study for Two Youths Enter Upon a Pilgrimage– One to the Cross, the Other to the World. A landscape painting featuring varied terrain and land formations. Three small figures stand near the bottom of the painting, while a cross figure is visible in the upper left corner.

The Cross and the World: Study for Two Youths Enter Upon a Pilgrimage--One to the Cross, the Other to the World

Thomas Cole

Date: 1846-1847

Object Type: Painting

Material/Technique: oil paint; canvas

Dimensions: 23 1/4 H x 29 1/4 W x 4 1/2 D in

Accession No: 1954.1.2

Credit Line: Gift of Sam and Rie Bloomfield


Exhibitions: Thomas Cole's Studio: Memory and Inspiration, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Amanda Malmstrom, Catskill, 04/30/2022 - 02/12/2023 Under New Management, 08/31/2013 - 12/15/2013 Beren Gallery, 05/01/2000 - 10/31/2000 Grand Moving Panorama: Pilgrim's Progress, 1851 (John Bunyan), 01/21/2000 - 03/05/2000 The Landscape into History, 01/08/1995 - 03/25/1995 The Landscape into History, 09/11/1994 - 12/04/1994 The Landscape into History, 03/15/1994 - 08/07/1994 The Best of the Collection: The Catalog Premiere Exhibition, 12/03/1980 - 02/04/1981 Selections from the Permanent Collection, 12/07/1974 - 02/02/1975