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Still Life with Asparagus
Philippe Rousseau (French, 1816-1887)c. 1880
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Rousseau was profoundly influenced by the atmospheric still lifes of Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779), whom the artist and other French painters like François Bonvin (1817-1877) rediscovered in the mid-1800s. A comparison with Chardin's work, also shown in this gallery, indicates that Rousseau similarly depicted foodstuffs on a simple kitchen table, concentrating on rich textures and restrained colors.
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- Title: Still Life with Asparagus
- Creator: Philippe Rousseau (French, 1816-1887)
- Date Created: c. 1880
- Physical Dimensions: Unframed: 36 x 65 cm (14 3/16 x 25 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: Alfred Arago [1815-1892], Paris, Charles Guérin, Lyon, (Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 9-10, 1977 (no. 100), sold to Galerie Galerie Brame-Lorenceau), (Galerie Brame-Lorenceau, Paris, sold to Noah L. Butkin and Muriel S. Butkin), Noah L. [1918-1980] and Muriel S. Butkin [1915-2008], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art as a result of disclaimer by Muriel S. Butkin, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.284
- Medium: oil on fabric
- Inscriptions: Signed lower left: Ph. Rousseau. / à son ami A Arago
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
- Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1980.284
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