Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building), ca. 1916, pencil, tempera and watercolor on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mae Schaettle, 1966.32.8
Louis Schaettle, Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building), ca. 1916, pencil, tempera and watercolor on paperboard, sheet: 12 3⁄4 x 20 1⁄8 in. (32.4 x 51.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mae Schaettle, 1966.32.8
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Artwork Details

Title
Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building)
Artist
Date
ca. 1916
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 12 3⁄4 x 20 1⁄8 in. (32.4 x 51.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mae Schaettle
Mediums Description
pencil, tempera and watercolor on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Allegory — arts and sciences — agriculture
  • Study — mural study
  • Object — other — cornucopia
Object Number
1966.32.8
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1966.32.8

Works by this artist (17 items)

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Louis Schaettle, Arbitration, n.d., watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mae Schaettle, 1966.32.14
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Louis Schaettle, Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building), ca. 1916, pencil, tempera and watercolor on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mae Schaettle, 1966.32.7
Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office…
Artist
Dateca. 1916
pencil, tempera and watercolor on paperboard
Not on view
Louis Schaettle, Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building), ca. 1916, pencil, tempera and watercolor on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mae Schaettle, 1966.32.8
Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office…
Artist
Dateca. 1916
pencil, tempera and watercolor on paperboard
Not on view
Louis Schaettle, A Town Meeting, ca. 1916, pen and ink, watercolor and tempera on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mae Schaettle, 1966.32.5
A Town Meeting
Artist
Dateca. 1916
pen and ink, watercolor and tempera on paperboard
Not on view

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