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Study for Lunette in Library of Congress: Good Administration
Artist
Elihu Vedder
(American ; 1836-1923)
Date1896
DimensionsOverall: 24 3/16 x 44 5/8 in. (61.5 x 113.3 cm)
frame: 29 13/16 x 56 3/4 in. (75.8 x 144.1 cm)
frame: 29 13/16 x 56 3/4 in. (75.8 x 144.1 cm)
Classification(s)
- PAINTING
Credit LineGift of John Hemming Fry
Terms
- allegorical figure
- justice
- scale
- throne
- books
- wheat
- Government
Object number38.1.2
Catalogue raisonnéSoria #515
Inscribedl.l. in oil: Copyright 1896 by E.Vedder; l.r. in oil: Elihu Vedder/ Rome 1896; verso l.r.: [NCFA exhibition label]; verso u.c.: [NCFA exhibition label, Brooklyn Museum]On View
Not on viewProvenanceThe artist; to Curtis and Cameron, Publishers, ca. 1898; to Anita Vedder; to Macbeth Gallery, New York, 1913; to John Hemming Fry; to present collection, 1938
Exhibitions