Still Life: Balsam Apple and Vegetables

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Artist: James Peale
Date: ca. 1820s
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 20 1/4 x 26 1/2 in. (51.4 x 67.3 cm)
Origin: American
Department: The American Wing
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1939

7 tags

Still Life Both · 99%

The image depicts an arranged group of vegetables and tomatoes, and the museum catalogs the work under the subjects “Vegetables,” “Tomatoes,” and “Still Life.”
Food Both · 99%

Vegetables and tomatoes occupy the central and foreground areas of the composition, directly matching the cataloged subject matter.

Dense Composition Visual · 94%

The produce overlaps across much of the tabletop, creating a concentrated arrangement with relatively little open space around the objects.
Dark Colors Visual · 93%

The image is dominated by deep greens, maroon and red tones, brown shadows, and subdued ochers.

Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum identifies the work as a painting in oil on canvas.

19th Century Art Metadata · 98%

The museum dates the work to circa the 1820s, with structured dates of 1817–1820, placing it within the nineteenth century.

American Art Metadata · 98%

The work is cataloged as American in place of origin and is held in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s American Wing.

James Peale. Still Life: Balsam Apple and Vegetables. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.