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    Lights of Other Days
    John Frederick Peto. Lights of Other Days, 1906. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00000164

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    Lights of Other Days

    by John Frederick Peto

    Inscriptions

    Signed, on verso: "John F. Peto"

    Exhibition history

    Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Light: Art, Technology, and Society in the Industrial Age, 1750–1900, Oct. 20, 2000–Feb. 11, 2001; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, Apr. 7–July 29, 2001.

    Publications

    Judith A. Barter, "True to the Senses and False in Its Essence: Still–Life and Trompe l'Oeil Painting in Victorian America," Museum Studies 31, 1 (Art Institute of Chicago, 2005) p. 43 (ill.).

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    John Frederick Peto (American, 1854–1907)
    Date
    1906
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    77.5 × 115 cm (30 1/2 × 45 1/4 in.)
    Type
    Painting
    Classification
    oil on canvas
    Style
    Realism
    Place
    United States
    Department
    Arts of the Americas
    Credit line
    Goodman Fund
    Accession no.
    1956.125

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