Vintage Festival
Datec. 1878
Artist
Edwin Howland Blashfield
(American painter, 1848–1936)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 1/2 × 17 7/8 in. (62.2 × 45.4 cm)
frame: 30 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. (78.1 x 62.9 cm)
frame: 30 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. (78.1 x 62.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1975
Object number1975-27
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextLike many ambitious young artists in the 1870s, Blashfield studied in Paris, where he developed his highly finished academic style. He delighted in historical details, like the meticulously delineated classical reliefs and the amphorae used as wine jugs in this painting.
