A speckled yellow apple and bunches of purple and green grapes are arranged next to an intricately pierced white bowl piled with more apples and grapes in this almost square still life painting. The objects sit on a sand-colored stone ledge, and the fruit gleams in bright light coming from the upper left. Sitting to the left of the basket, the yellow apple has brown spots and a worm hole near the top. In front of it, the green grapes partially cascade over the front edge of the ledge. The purple grapes lie in the shadow behind the apple. The white bowl has a wide, flaring mouth rimmed with…
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Fruit Still Life with Chinese Export Basket

James Peale (American, 1749 - 1831)

1824

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 37.8 x 45.6 cm (14 7/8 x 17 15/16 in.) ; framed: 57.8 x 65.4 x 9.8 cm (22 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 3 7/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Evans, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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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