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Peaches and Grapes in a Chinese Export Basket
Object Details
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Date
1813
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Object Type
Paintings
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Medium
Oil on panel
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Dimensions
14 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
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Inscriptions
Recto:
l.l. in black paint: Raphaelle Peale Pinxt / 1813
Verso:
c. in ink: Raphaelle Peale Pinxt / oct.r 13th 1813 / Philad
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Acquisition in memory of Ruth Carter Stevenson, President of the Board of Trustees, with funds provided by the Ruth Carter Stevenson Memorial and Endowment Funds
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Accession Number
2014.17
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Copyright
Public domain
Object Description
Peale hailed from a large family of Philadelphia artists highly regarded as skilled portraitists. Raphaelle, however, developed an affinity for still-life painting. Despite the initial disapproval of his father, the renowned painter Charles Willson Peale, he persevered and helped popularize the still-life genre in the United States.
Peaches and Grapes in a Chinese Export Basket is one of Raphaelle’s earliest signed and dated paintings, and it may relate to the Peale family’s experimental farm outside of Philadelphia. The farm featured heated greenhouses, which provided Raphaelle with the luxury of painting fruits and flowers even when they were out of season. These peaches sit in an ornate blue and white porcelain basket, a costly item imported from China that signaled cultural refinement and the prosperity brought about by international trade.
—Text taken from the Carter Handbook (2023).
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American Still LifeFebruary 14–August 16, 2015
Organized in celebration of a recent acquisition, American Still Life highlights the ability of 19th and 20th-century American artists to celebrate the ordinary through their paintings, whether trompe l’oeil masters or modernist photographers.
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From Remington to O’Keeffe: The Carter’s Greatest HitsOctober 6, 2018–March 22, 2019
During the renovation, this exhibition features highlights from the permanent collection, including paintings, photographs, and sculptures, by some of America’s most renowned artists.
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Location: On view
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