Still Life with Oranges and Goblet of Wine, 1880-1890s

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 69-A

Medium

oil on artist's board

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.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1999.79.32

Artists / Makers

John Frederick Peto (painter) American, 1854 - 1907

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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

Mellon, Paul

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.