Office Board

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Artist: John F. Peto
Date: 1885
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24 3/8 x 19 7/8 in. (61.9 x 50.5 cm)
Origin: American
Department: The American Wing
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Sooted Timber · Brown family · #552E27 · 40%

Roman Brick Earth · Brown family · #734331 · 14%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #AE835C · 11%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #D2B7A0 · 9%

Clay Tablet · Brown family · #88583D · 9%

Slate Night · Black family · #302831 · 6%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #311E1E · 3%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #504541 · 2%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #645E4A · 2%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #634A34 · 1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #6D6D7E · <1%

Iron Rosette · Red family · #7F312A · <1%

Iron Rosette · Red family · #98322A · <1%

Aubergine Glaze · Purple family · #010004 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #020100 · <1%

Pine Needle · Green family · #546352 · <1%

Blue Rag Paper · Blue family · #99A1B7 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #A6AD9F · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: George A. Hearn Fund, 1955

9 tags

Still Life Both · 99%

The artwork depicts an arranged collection of mail, printed matter, cards, and related objects, and the museum catalog identifies its subject as Still Life.
Representations of Everyday Objects Visual · 96%

The composition is dominated by recognizable everyday materials, including envelopes, printed pages, postal items, and a portrait card or image.

Asymmetrical Visual · 94%

The papers and cords are distributed unevenly across the board, producing a clearly asymmetrical arrangement.
Earth Tones Visual · 95%

Warm browns, ochers, muted reds, creams, grays, and subdued greens dominate the depicted wood and paper materials.
Highly Detailed Visual · 97%

The painting gives close attention to wood grain, paper folds, torn edges, stamps, postmarks, printed lettering, and cast shadows.

Trompe l’oeil Both · 99%

The objects are painted to appear attached to or projecting from a wooden board, with convincing overlaps and shadows; the museum catalog explicitly lists Trompe-l’Oeil as a subject. In the Art Genome catalog, this category belongs to Medium and Techniques.
Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum records the work as oil on canvas, a painting.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The work is dated 1885, placing it within the nineteenth century.

American Art Metadata · 98%

The museum catalog identifies the place of origin as American and holds the work in The American Wing.

John F. Peto. Office Board. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.