# Pitajaya Fruit, Colombia

- By: Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
- Date: June 1853
- Medium: Oil and graphite on paperboard
- Classification: Studies (visual works)
- Dimensions: 29.5 × 36.9 cm (11 5/8 × 14 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Colombia
- Credit line: Gift of Louis P. Church
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/23499)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/a8ee9cf6ca6012dcb4661ee81e20ebec.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Still life study of pitajaya fruit, also known as dragon fruit, in Colombia. Two pitajayas are prominently situated on a flat stone surface at center. A wedge has been cut out of the rearmost fruit and placed before it at right. A whole pitajaya is placed foremost at left. The fruit's red and green scaly surface, as well as its dark reddish-purple, seeded interior, are clearly on display. Source of light originates out of frame at upper left. Background is nondescript brown wall, shaded at right.