Still Life with Grapes and a Carnation
c. 1880
Painter, French, 1836 - 1904

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 30.5 x 47 cm (12 x 18 1/2 in.)
framed: 40.32 x 56.52 x 5.72 cm (15 7/8 x 22 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.) -
Accession
2006.128.20
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Arthur Tooth & Sons, London).[1] Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia, by 1966;[2] bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to Mrs. Mellon; life interest released 2006.
[1] According to a label removed from the back of the painting.
[2] The painting was lent to a 1966 exhibition of the Mellon collection at the NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
Franch Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Exhibition 1941-1966, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966, no. 62, repro.
2013
Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016, pl. 49.
Inscriptions
upper right: Fantin
Wikidata ID
Q20188870