Still Life
This painting features two large yellow pears in the center, surrounded by clusters of purple and green grapes cascading down from a gilded teal dish on the right. Next to the pears are two pink peaches, with walnuts and green figs in front of them. In the background on the left, there is a decorative blue vase with gold filigree, filled with various colorful flowers and green leaves, including a white rose, red flowers, and small pale blue flowers. The arrangement is on a table with a red covering, and the wall behind them is dark brown.
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Details
- Artist
- John O'Brien Inman
- Date
- 1868
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 39.37 × 46.67 cm (15 1/2 × 18 3/8 in.) framed: 52.71 × 59.69 × 8.26 cm (20 3/4 × 23 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
- Department
- CAB
- Holding institution
- National Gallery of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- national-gallery-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Still Life Both · 99%
The catalog title is Still Life, and the image visibly depicts an arranged display of fruit, flowers, and vessels.
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Food Visual · 99%
The composition prominently features pears, grapes, peaches, figs, and walnuts.
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Flora Visual · 99%
A large bouquet of flowers and leafy stems occupies the left side of the composition.
Visual Qualities
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Dark Colors Visual · 92%
The dark brown background, deep purple grapes, and shaded foliage create a predominantly low-key palette, despite the vivid red cloth and lighter fruit highlights.
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Dense Composition Visual · 96%
Fruit, foliage, floral stems, vessels, and cloth are closely clustered across the picture plane, producing a full, layered arrangement.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 90%
The painting includes carefully rendered fruit surfaces, grape highlights, leaves, flower heads, and ornamental details on the vessels.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Both · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a painting, and the image shows a painted composition on a flat support.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies oil on canvas.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1868, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
Source & rights
John O'Brien Inman. Still Life. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.
High-resolution sources
- IIIF image service ↗ 15,510 × 12,942 · National Gallery Of Art · Available