This painting shows a crystal vase filled with a bouquet of flowers against a dark brown background. The flowers are a variety of colors, including red, pink, yellow, white, peach, and dark blue. Green leaves and stems are interspersed between the flowers. The vase is placed on a gray surface with some fallen yellow petals scattered to the right.
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Flowers in a Cut Glass Vase

painter William Perkins Babcock (American, 1826 - 1899)

185[?]

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 41.91 × 33.34 cm (16 1/2 × 13 1/8 in.) ; framed: 52.71 × 43.82 × 5.08 cm (20 3/4 × 17 1/4 × 2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
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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