Name/Title
Negative, glass plateEntry/Object ID
2012.011.0556Description
glass plate negative. Gustave Dore's Poeme de la vigne, known popularly as "The Dore Vase," was acquired from the exposition and is still part of the permanent collection of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The vase stands eleven feet high and twenty-two feet in circumference, the figures on its surface entwining in grape leaves that cascade down the swelling sides of six thousand pounds of cast bronze.
Originally part of the Egyptian revival Fine Arts Building for the 1894 Midwinter International Exposition in Golden Gate Park. The building became the first building to house the deYoung Museum.Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
