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Government of the Republic Series: Government, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Vedder, Elihu 1836-1923  Search this
Type:
Paintings-Mural
Paintings-Lunette
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Library of Congress 10 1st Street, S.E Washington District of Columbia 20540
Date:
1895-1896
Notes:
Small, Herbert, "The Library of Congress: its architecture and decoration," New York: Norton, 1982, pg. 65-69.
Exh. Catalog, "Art for Architecture," NCFA, Washington, DC, 1975.
Brochure of the Mural Painters, a National Society Founded 1895, New York: the Kalkhoff Company, 1916.
Summary:
This central panel in the series of Government represents the abstract conception of a republic as the ideal state. A central female figure sits on a marble throne and is crowned with a wreath. She holds a golden scepter and supports a tablet inscribed "A government of the people, by the people, for the people." The winged youths stand at her side, on holding a bridle, the other a sword. An oak tree is in the background.
Topic:
Allegory--Civic--Democracy  Search this
Figure female  Search this
Control number:
IAP 83010009
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_202445