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Ark of the Covenant, (painting). Artist:  Field, Erastus Salisbury, 1805-1900, painter. Title:  Ark of the Covenant, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1865/1880. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  20 x 24 1/8 in. (50.8 x 61.3 cm) Description:  Figures in the foreground are reaping a wheat harvest and are rejoicing to see the ark which is being returned to them. In the background, figures travel with an ark and two cows. Subject:  Religion -- Old Testament -- Ark of the Covenant Landscape -- Plant -- Wheat Architecture -- Boat -- Ark Occupation -- Farm -- Harvesting Figure group Object Type:  Painting Owner:  National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1956.13.3 (1458) Provenance:  Gift of Garbisch, Edgar William & Bernice Chrysler, Remarks:  This scene refers to the events described in I Samuel 6:13. On verso of painting is a portrait of man, but is obscured by lining. References:  Chotner, Deborah, "American Naive Paintings," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1992. National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990. "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970. Black, Mary, "Erastus Salisbury Field: 1805-1900," Springfield, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1984. Illustration:  Image on file. Black, Mary, "Erastus Salisbury Field: 1805-1900," Springfield, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1984, fig. 50. Chotner, Deborah, "American Naive Paintings," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1992, pg. 134. "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970, pg. 59. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 08600456   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 08600456 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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