Safe Money

Victor Dubreuil, 1898 or later

This painting displays an open safe filled with stacks of banknotes and coins. The safe is gray, while the money inside is in shades of green, red, and tan. The paper currency is in large bills, from $1,000 to… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Victor Dubreuil ¹
Date: 1898 or later ¹
Medium: oil on canvas ¹
Original: 21,857 × 26,271 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through a gift from the heirs of George E. Lemon, 1980)

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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