# The Pleiades, in Realism

Elihu Vedder painted this in 1885, aged 49. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: 1885
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 24 1/8 x 37 5/8 in. (61.3 x 95.6 cm)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10.64.13
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Elihu Vedder](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/elihu-vedder), American, 1836–1923

2 works in the collection.

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