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Still Life with Broken Watermelon, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Peale, James 1749-1831  Search this
Medium:
Oil on tulip wood
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art P. O. Box 711, 406 Federal Street Dover Delaware 19903
Date:
Ca. 1825
Notes:
"The Sewell C. Biggs collection of American Art: a catalogue [volume 2, paintings and sculpture]," Dover, De.: Biggs Museum of American Art, 2001, no. 236.
Naeve, Milo M., "150 Years of Philadelphia Painters and Paintings, Selections from the Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art," Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1999.
Naeve, Milo M., 2007.
Image on file.
"The Sewell C. Biggs collection of American Art: a catalogue [volume 2, paintings and sculpture]," Dover, De.: Biggs Museum of American Art, 2001, pg. 265.
Naeve, Milo M., "150 Years of Philadelphia Painters and Paintings, Selections from the Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art," Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1999, pg. 19.
unsigned
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Summary:
A watermelon broken in half rests on a table with several peaches, a cluster of grapes, and a cantaloupe. A leafy vine rests across the top of the watermelon.
Topic:
Still Life--Fruit--Watermelon  Search this
Still Life--Fruit--Peach  Search this
Still Life--Fruit--Grape  Search this
Still Life--Fruit--Cantaloupe  Search this
Control number:
IAP 67400005
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_350423