In this painting, there is a tall, dark glass bottle labeled "Old Cherry" behind a decorative silver basket filled with various confections, including a slice of yellow cake with white frosting and several yellow biscuits or cookies, all arranged on a table. Positioned beside the bottle are two clear glasses filled with an amber liquid, with a silver knife and several pieces of yellow pastries scattered on the white tablecloth below the silver tray. In the background, a glimpse of greenery through a window is visible on the far right, with a white wall visible behind bottle in the center of…
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Still Life with Silver Cake Basket

painter John F. Francis (American, 1808 - 1886)

1866

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 48.9 × 59.69 cm (19 1/4 × 23 1/2 in.) ; framed: 60.96 × 73.66 cm (24 × 29 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through a gift of Josephine Boardman Crane, 1957)
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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