Skip to main content
Vedder’s inscription on the back of the canvas reads, “Old Tree on the way to Tel el Armana—modern graves in foreground—attempt at moonlight,” confirming both the location and the nocturnal hour of the painting.
Exhibition History"Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder," National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., October 13, 1978 - Februrary 1978; Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, April 28 - July 9, 1979, no. 104
"Myth and Reality; Elihu Vedder and American Painters in Italy," Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, May 10 - May 31, 2012
Artist
Elihu Vedder
(American, 1836 - 1923)
Old Tree on the Way to Tel el Amarna
Datec. 1889-1890
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 20 3/16 × 25 3/4 × 1 7/8 in. (51.3 × 65.4 × 4.8 cm)
Sight: 11 1/8 × 16 7/8 in. (28.3 × 42.9 cm)
Object numberN0021.2024(02)
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Museum Purchase.
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextVedder is best known for his Egyptian scenes, which can be found in numerous museum collections. Here he depicts a nocturnal view of Tel el-Armana—an extensive ancient Egyptian archaeological site containing the remains of what was the capital city during the late Eighteenth Dynasty.Vedder’s inscription on the back of the canvas reads, “Old Tree on the way to Tel el Armana—modern graves in foreground—attempt at moonlight,” confirming both the location and the nocturnal hour of the painting.
Exhibition History"Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder," National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., October 13, 1978 - Februrary 1978; Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, April 28 - July 9, 1979, no. 104
"Myth and Reality; Elihu Vedder and American Painters in Italy," Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, May 10 - May 31, 2012
On View
Not on view
c. 1930
c. 1907
