Art, literature & history
Ark of the Covenant
c. 1865/1880
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 50.8 x 61.3 cm (20 x 24 1/8 in.) framed: 63.8 x 74 x 5.7 cm (25 1/8 x 29 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1956.13.3
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Erastus Salisbury Field. Ark of the Covenant. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Ark of the Covenant — Erastus Salisbury Field. c. 1865/1880.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 50.8 x 61.3 cm (20 x 24 1/8 in.) framed: 63.8 x 74 x 5.7 cm (25 1/8 x 29 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1956.13.3. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.