Elihu Vedder, 1887 - The Fates Gathering in the Stars - fine art print

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Elihu Vedder adapted this painting from an illustration he designed for an 1884 edition of Edward FitzGerald’s translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. An expatriate artist who lived in Rome for most of his life, Vedder was attracted to mysterious, visionary subject matter. The artist used the Rubaiyat to express his own philosophical beliefs regarding such metaphysical and spiritual questions as death and the existence of an afterlife, subjects that are at the core of Khayyam’s poetry. This image depicts the three Fates of Greek mythology—Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos—working the thread of life. Clotho spins the thread, Lachesis fixes its length, and Atropos cuts it at the appointed time of death. The Fates are symbolized by the spindle, distaff, and shears in the foreground and represent the poet’s belief that mankind has no control over destiny.

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In 1887 Elihu Vedder made the work of art. The beyond 130 year old original version had the size: 113 × 82,6 cm (44 1/2 × 32 1/2 in). Oil on canvas was used by the American painter as the medium of the piece of art. The original artwork is inscribed with the information: "signed, lower right: "Elihu Vedder / Rome 1887"". The artpiece is in the the Art Institute Chicago's digital art collection located in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. With courtesy of: Art Institute Chicago (public domain). In addition to that, the artwork has the following creditline: Friends of American Art Collection. On top of that, alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with a side ratio of 1 : 1.4, which implies that the length is 29% shorter than the width.

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