Aladdin's Lamp, (painting)

Object Details

Notes

"American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two: Paintings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856," New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, no. 407.

Summary

View of a female figure carrying a tray of jewels and the glowing lamp above her head as she descends a set of stairs adorned with peacock feathers.

Data Source

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Date

Ca. 1888

Control number

IAP 20781939

painter

Vedder, Elihu 1836-1923

Type

Paintings

Medium

Gouach on paper

Owner/Location

Harvard University Fogg Museum 32 Quincy Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138 Accession Number: 1941.76

Topic

Figure female

Literature--Unknown--Arabian Nights Entertainments

Record ID

siris_ari_415076

Usage

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