Still Life with Oranges and Goblet of Wine

1880-1890s

John Frederick Peto

Associated Names
John Frederick Peto

Painter, American, 1854 - 1907

This painting depicts two whole oranges, a peeled orange, and a glass goblet filled with a dark orange liquid. The peeled orange is in the center, with the two whole oranges on either side. The glass goblet sits behind the oranges, partially hidden by the peeled orange. There are small orange rinds sitting at the bottom of the glass in the dark liquid. The objects rest on a light brown surface, and the wall behind them is black.

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery M69

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on artist's board

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 15.6 x 23.2 cm (6 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
    framed: 25.4 x 33.02 x 2.22 cm (10 x 13 x 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.79.32

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist's daughter, Helen Peto Smiley, Island Heights, New Jersey.[1] Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Howard, Bryn Mawr, by 1965.[2] (Davis & Long, Co., New York), by 1976;[3] sold January 1977 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA.
[1] Provenance information is from the donor's collection records.
[2] The Howards lent the painting to a 1965 exhibition.
[3] Davis & Long Co. included the painting in a 1976 exhibition.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • The Reminiscent Object. Paintings by William Michael Harnett, John Frederick Peto and John Haberle, Peale House Galleries, Philadelphia; La Jolla Museum of Art; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1965, no. 54, repro.

1976

  • American Painting, Davis & Long Co., New York, 1976.

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, Washington, D.C.; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 1983, no. 77, repro.

2008

  • Feast for the Eyes: American Masterworks from the National Gallery of Art, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, 2008, no cat.

Inscriptions

by the artist's daughter, Helen Peto Smiley, reverse: PAINTED BY MY FATHER / John Frederick Peto / Helen Peto Smiley

Wikidata ID

Q20188871

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