This painting depicts a large ceramic vase filled with various flowers such as white peonies, blue and white irises, pink roses, and red fuchsias. Between these flowers are dark green leaves. The vase is white with a blue decorative design, and it sits on a pale green cloth with gold patterns. Some scattered pink petals rest on the cloth around the vase. The wall behind the vase is dark brown.
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Vase of Flowers

painter George Cochran Lambdin (American, 1830 - 1896)

1875

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 61 x 51.4 cm (24 x 20 1/4 in.) ; framed: 76.84 × 66.04 × 6.99 cm (30 1/4 × 26 × 2 3/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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