The Boy

Quick Overview

Artist: Elihu Vedder (American, 1836–1923) / Modeled by Charles Keck (American, 1875–1951)
Date: 1900–2
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 106.7 × (diam. of pan on figure's head) 53 cm (42 × 20 7/8 in.)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: sculpture
Place: United States
Department: Arts of the Americas
Credit line: Roger McCormick Fund
Accession no.: 1978.295

Storm in Umbria
Elihu Vedder
1875 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001078
The Fates Gathering in the Stars
Elihu Vedder
1887 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001222
A Glimpse into Hell, or Fear
Elihu Vedder
1888–98 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001397
Figure Study for Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Elihu Vedder
c. 1884, reworked 1911 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003056

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.