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Study for the Head of the Dead Alchemist

Artist: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836-1923
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."
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 55.41
Credit Line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Image: Overall, 55.41_cropped_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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