/internal/media/dispatcher/41527/full"Trip to Italy"1968 - 198516 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)Oil on canvasBernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2011.034.00450Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts President Kennedy at a wreath laying ceremony in Italy.
An enthusiastic supporter of John F. Kennedy, Stetzel was devastated by the assassination. Shortly after visiting the president’s gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in 1968, she began work on a series of paintings that depicted the life of the late president. Between 1968 and 1985, with a long break in the middle, Bernadine Stetzel created 71 works that followed John F. Kennedy from his christening ceremony to the eternal flame at his gravesite.
Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "Taking part in a wreathe laying ceremony. The President visits Italy's Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers in the capital, 1963."Art6400450.800101600240.640081280232512Artwork0E-10Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts President Kennedy at a wreath-laying ceremony in Italy.
Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "Taking part in a wreath-laying ceremony. The President visits Italy's Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers in the capital, 1963."
An enthusiastic supporter of John F. Kennedy, Stetzel was devastated by the assassination. Shortly after visiting the president’s gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in 1968, she began work on a series of paintings that depicted the life of the late president. Between 1968 and 1985, with a long break in the middle, Bernadine Stetzel created 71 works that followed John F. Kennedy from his christening ceremony to the eternal flame at his gravesite.
ArtworkArtistTomb of the Unknown SoldierKennedy, John F.Stetzel, BernadineFremontRome