The Keeper of the Threshold, (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

painter
Vedder, Elihu 1836-1923
Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992.
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 1990.
Catalogue of Painting Collection, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1973, pg. 173.
"Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder," Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press (National Collection of Fine Arts), 1978, no. 138.
Image on file.
Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992, pg. 462.
"Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder," Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press (National Collection of Fine Arts), 1978, fig. 194.
(Lower right, on serpent:) Elihu Vedder 1897-98 (Lower center:) copyrighted by/Elihu Vedder/1898 signed
Carnegie Institute 1898 International Exhibition, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1898, no. 61.
Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901, no. 75.
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Summary
A man is seated within a circle. He holds a flame in one hand and a sword in the other. A serpent is beside him, reaching at his leg. A moon is behind the man's head. The circle is set within a square.
1897-1898
Control number
IAP 46470192
Type
Paintings
Medium
Oil on canvas
Owner/Location
Carnegie Institute Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213 Accession Number: 01.1
Title
Emblem of Life, (painting)
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Allegory--Life
Animal--Reptile--Snake
Object--Weapon--Sword
Record ID
siris_ari_58880
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