Description
The American painter Elihu Vedder spent almost all of his career after 1866 in Rome, where this small landscape was painted. The inscription shows that it was given as a souvenir to Edmund A. Ward of New York, who had purchased a large painting from the artist.
Provenance
Edmund Augustus Ward, New York; Theodore Paul, Auburn, Maine; Vose Galleries, Boston [sold February 1971]; Sloan & Roman, New York; Purchased from B. Danenberg Galleries, N.Y. with monies previously given-11 December 1971.
Accession Number
1971.263
Medium
oil on card on canvas
Dimensions
Unframed: 22 x 12.7 cm (8 11/16 x 5 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. John C. Newington
