A shallow bowl filled with oranges, grapes, and nuts is surrounded by a short, flaring glass, a glass decanter, a lemon, and more nuts arranged along a wooden tabletop in this horizontal still life painting. The objects nearly fill the composition, and the table extends off both sides. The three oranges are pale, with the one at the center nearly yellow, and a stem of dark green leaves lies across the top. A bunch of shriveled grapes, like raisins still on the vine, lies across the almonds and other nuts, all in their shells, in the bowl. The outside of the bowl is white, and it has a gently…
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A Dessert

painter Raphaelle Peale (American, 1774 - 1825)

1814

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 34 x 48.3 cm (13 3/8 x 19 in.) ; framed: 53 x 67 cm (20 7/8 x 26 3/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Jo Ann and Julian Ganz, Jr. in memory of Franklin D. Murphy
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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