Flower Piece in Basket

18th century

Oil on canvas

46.2 × 37.5 cm (18.2 × 14.8 in)

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Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia · verified July 2026

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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

A bouquet of colorful flowers rests on a stone counter between apricots and a bunch of green grapes. The naturalistic style of painting veils the artificiality of the arrangement: for example, anemones bloom in the spring, while grapes are harvested in the late summer or early fall. Eighteenth-century still life painters reveled in art's potential for capturing the beauty and scientific structures of botanical specimens.

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