Nile Journey

1890

Elihu Vedder

Associated Names
Elihu Vedder

Artist, American, 1836 - 1923

The image depicts a landscape with a horizon slightly below the middle. In the foreground, there is a figure standing next to a camel on gently sloping terrain. Sparse trees with thin branches are on the right. The brushstrokes are soft and sketch-like, conveying texture and movement. The color palette is muted with blues, greys, and browns blending harmoniously.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Giuseppe Tanca, Rome); Richard Spear and Athena Tacha, Washington, DC, 1966; gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper left in black chalk: [undeciphered]; lower left in black chalk: Vedder; lower left corner in blue colored pencil by unknown hand: 14

Wikidata ID

Q64558544

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