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The Cup of Love

Elihu Vedder American
1887
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 766
Vedder based this painting, displayed here in its original Italian Renaissance Revival–style frame, on one of the drawings for his 1884 artist’s book, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. He had been introduced to a translation of the twelfth-century Persian treatise on the joys of daily life and mysteries of death in 1871, with his appreciation deepening after the loss of his first son. Rubáiyát haunted Vedder for decades, marking a new phase in his career. The artist’s thematic material for the text continued to resonate with public debates over culture, religion, and science well into the early twentieth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Cup of Love
  • Artist: Elihu Vedder (American, New York 1836–1923 Rome)
  • Date: 1887
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Oil on wood
  • Dimensions: 12 x 10 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Harold G. Henderson, 1976
  • Object Number: 1976.106.2
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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