# Still Life with Asparagus

- By: Philippe Rousseau (French, 1816–1887)
- Date: c. 1880
- Medium: oil on fabric
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Unframed: 36 x 65 cm (14 3/16 x 25 9/16 in.)
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit line: Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.284)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1980.284/1980.284_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Rousseau was profoundly influenced by the atmospheric still lifes of Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779), whom the artist and other French painters like François Bonvin (1817-1877) rediscovered in the mid-1800s. A comparison with Chardin's work, also shown in this gallery, indicates that Rousseau similarly depicted foodstuffs on a simple kitchen table, concentrating on rich textures and restrained colors.