This painting shows a large, cream-colored vase and a small white statue of a robed figure placed on a gray surface. Behind these objects is a wall mural depicting religious and mythological figures amidst clouds in a faded array of blues, reds, and browns. Details of the mural are hard to discern, as the colors are light against the tan wall. The cream vase is positioned slightly to the right of center, while the statue stands directly in front of it, towards the bottom of the painting. To the left is a small glass bowl.
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The Picture from Thibet

painter Emil Carlsen (American, 1853 - 1932)

c. 1920

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 97 × 68.9 cm (38 3/16 × 27 1/8 in.) ; framed: 107.95 × 80.65 × 5.08 cm (42 1/2 × 31 3/4 × 2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of James Parmelee, 1941)
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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