Study for The Dead Alchemist
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Elihu Vedder (American, 1836–1923). Study for The Dead Alchemist, 1866. Oil on canvas mounted on composition board, 6 3/16 x 8 1/2 in. (15.7 x 21.6 cm) frame: 12 1/2 x 15 in. (31.8 x 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Healy Purchase Fund B, 84.15. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
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Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Study for The Dead Alchemist
Date
1866
Medium
Oil on canvas mounted on composition board
Classification
Dimensions
6 3/16 x 8 1/2 in. (15.7 x 21.6 cm) frame: 12 1/2 x 15 in. (31.8 x 38.1 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower left: "Copyright 1899 by E. Vedder"
Inscriptions
Inscribed on mounting verso: "'The Dead Alchemist'/ Paris Feb 1866/ signed on back of/ canvas-- 'Elihu Vedder'/ re-mounted in 1929 by/ GRBarse N.A."
Credit Line
Healy Purchase Fund B
Accession Number
84.15
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