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Three Trees: Italy
by Elihu Vedder
About the Artwork
The American painter Elihu Vedder spent almost all of his career after 1866 in Rome, where this small landscape was painted. The inscription shows that it was given as a souvenir to Edmund A. Ward of New York, who had purchased a large painting from the artist.
Inscriptions
Inscribed upper left: "Rome./1871; signed upper right: "To EAW/With Regards[s]/of EVC [EV in monogram; Elihu and Carrie Vedder].
Provenance
Edmund Augustus Ward, New York; Theodore Paul, Auburn, Maine; Vose Galleries, Boston [sold February 1971]; Sloan & Roman, New York; Purchased from B. Danenberg Galleries, N.Y. with monies previously given-11 December 1971.
Exhibition history
American Paintings 1825 - 1915 from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH (organizer) (July 7-November 1, 1979).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Elihu Vedder (American, 1836–1923)
- Date
- 1871
- Medium
- oil on card on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 22 x 12.7 cm (8 11/16 x 5 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. John C. Newington
- Accession no.
- 1971.263
More by Elihu Vedder in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00010062
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