Strawberries

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Artist: Edouard Manet
Date: ca. 1882
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (21.3 x 26.7 cm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Olive Ground · Yellow family · #605544 · 34%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #CFB89D · 16%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #341F12 · 12%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #9A3D1E · 8%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A98C6B · 7%

Press Black · Black family · #1E120D · 5%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #83725B · 5%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #49331D · 5%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #74371B · 3%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #4B5242 · 3%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #652420 · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #515D57 · <1%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #664534 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #383B43 · <1%

Apricot Plaster · Orange family · #E8A251 · <1%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #B2BAA5 · <1%

Plaster Rose · Pink family · #E8C2BF · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #A4BAAE · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nate B. Spingold, 1956

9 tags

Still Life Both · 99%

The museum identifies the subject as “Still Life,” and the image visibly presents an arrangement of strawberries, leaves, and a basket.
Flora Visual · 97%

Plant matter is a principal depicted element: the composition centers on strawberries with surrounding green leaves.

Dense Composition Visual · 95%

The strawberries and leaves form a tightly packed, layered arrangement occupying much of the composition.
Dark Colors Visual · 88%

Deep browns, dark greens, muted gray-browns, and shadowed reds are prominent across the basket, foliage, and background.

Painting Both · 99%

The museum classifies the work as a painting, and the image visibly shows a painted composition on canvas.
Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum metadata specifies the medium as oil on canvas.
Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 97%

Broad directional strokes are clearly visible across the fruit, foliage, basket, and surrounding surface.

19th Century Art Metadata · 98%

The work is dated circa 1882, placing it within nineteenth-century art.

Edouard Manet. Strawberries. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.