Fruit with Blue-footed Bowl

1893

Not on view

Although best known for his whaling scenes and marines, Raleigh's production included a wide range of subject matter. This work may have been intended for use as a stencil design for interior decoration. It follows a common composition found in still lifes of the 1830s and 1840s.

Artwork Details

Object Information

Overview

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Provenance

Title: Fruit with Blue-footed Bowl
Artist: Charles Sidney Raleigh (1830–1925)
Date: 1893
Culture: American
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 23 3/4 x 16 1/16 in. (60.3 x 40.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1973
Object Number: 1973.323.3
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

More Artwork

In the same medium

From the same time and place

Powder Horn, Horn (cow), lead, American — Powder Horn
American
18th century

George Washington, Gilbert Stuart American, Oil on canvas, American — George Washington
Gilbert Stuart
begun 1795

Off to War (Henderson Ledger Artist B), Frank Henderson Native American, Pencil, colored pencil, and ink on paper, Arapaho — Off to War (Henderson Ledger Artist B)
Frank Henderson
ca. 1882

Flight Into Egypt, Henry Ossawa Tanner American, Oil on canvas, American — Flight Into Egypt
Henry Ossawa Tanner
1923

Man and Two Women (Henderson Ledger Artist B), Frank Henderson Native American, Pencil, colored pencil, and ink on paper, Arapaho — Man and Two Women (Henderson Ledger Artist B)
Frank Henderson
ca. 1882

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please contact us using the form below. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.

Send feedback

Content Notice

The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world, and our online collection reflects ongoing work conducted over the course of our more than 150-year history. You may encounter objects or images that may be inappropriate for some viewers or information that may be outdated.