Still Life with Cake, Lemon, Strawberries, and Glass

1890

John Frederick Peto

Artist, American, 1854 - 1907

John Frederick Peto

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 69-A

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 25.72 × 35.4 cm (10 1/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
    framed: 36.2 × 46.36 × 3.81 cm (14 1/4 × 18 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.18.37

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Important information inside: The Art of John F. Peto and the Idea of Still-Life Painting in Nineteenth-Century America, National Gallery of Art, Washingon, D.C.; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 1983, no. 78, repro.

Bibliography

1988

  • Cikovsky, Jr., Nicolai Raphaelle Peale Still Lifes. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Washington, D.C., 1988: no. 31, repro. (not in the exhibition).

2014

  • Kelly, Franklin. "A Lasting Legacy: The Completion of an Unparalleled Gift." National Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 51 (Fall 2014): 8, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: J.F PETO; lower left: J F PETO / 90

Wikidata ID

Q20190235

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