Study for Lunette in Library of Congress: Peace-Prosperity

Study for Lunette in Library of Congress: Peace-Prosperity

Artist: Elihu Vedder (American ; 1836-1923)

Date: 1896
Medium: oil on canvas mounted to wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 7/16 x 45 1/16 in. (62 x 114.5 cm)
frame: 30 7/8 x 56 11/16 in. (78.5 x 144 cm)
Classification: PAINTING
Credit Line: Gift of John Hemming Fry
Object number: 38.1.3
Catalogue raisonné: Soria 516
Inscribed: l.l. in oil: Copyright 1896 by E.Vedder; l.r. in oil: Elihu Vedder/ Rome 1896; verso u.l.: [NCFA exhibition label, Brooklyn Museum]; verso l.r.: [NCFA exhibition label]
Terms
  • allegory
  • exterior
  • trees
  • wreaths (costume accessories)
  • figures (representations)
  • trees
  • figures
  • exterior
  • allegorical figures
  • wreaths
Not on view
Exhibitions:The Anxiety of Influence: European and American Art, 1689-1913
Highlights and Recent Acquisitions from the American and European Collections
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