This painting shows a white vase with gold trim and light blue shadows sitting in the center of a table, which is covered in a brown-and-white checkered cloth with fringed edges. The vase holds colorful flowers like tulips, daisies, and roses in shades of white, red, blue, orange, and pink, and the flowers are surrounded by green stems and leaves. On the table around the vase are several grapes, pears, and peaches in shades of yellow, pink, and blue-green. The background behind the vase and flowers is black.

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Flowers and Fruit

American 19th Century

c. 1870

Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall (picture surface): 75.5 x 56 cm (29 3/4 x 22 1/16 in.) ; overall (size if unfolded edge flattened): 76 x 57.4 cm (29 15/16 x 22 5/8 in.) ; framed: 87 x 67.9 x 4.1 cm (34 1/4 x 26 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
Culture: American
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line: Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
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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