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| Still Life with Pansies |
Artist:Henri Fantin-Latour (French, Grenoble 1836–1904 Buré)
Date:1874
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:18 1/2 x 22 1/4 in. (47 x 56.5 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson Jr. Purchase Fund, 1966
Accession Number:66.194
According to a list of Fantin's paintings compiled by his wife, this still life is one of thirty-one compositions of flowers and fruit that the artist produced in 1874. The branch of apples suggests that the present picture was painted in the fall; the pansies are spring flowers that were probably cultivated in a hothouse. Fantin reprised elements seen here in at least two other paintings: Potted Pansies of 1883 (2013.636) and Pansies of 1903 (1996.517).
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