Study for the Head of the Dead Alchemist

• Artist: Elihu Vedder
• Medium: Oil on board
• Dates: 1866
• Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 7 9/16 in. (19.4 x 19.2 cm)
• Signature: Signed lower left: "Vedder."
• Inscriptions: Inscribed on mounting verso: " 'The Dead Alchemist' / Paris Feb 1866/ signed on back of / canvas--'Elihu Vedder' / remounted in 1929 by/ GRBarse N.A."
• Collection: American Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5Q12-LUCE, Unit 16, SCR L
• Accession Number: 55.41
• Image: 55.41_cropped_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,