Emilie Preyer, Still Life with Fruit
Hurlbut Collection, 1915.723 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Emilie Preyer

Still Life with Fruit

1873

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
oil on fabric
Dimensions
35 × 46.5 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-112041

This composition contains many elements that show Preyer's technical abilities. She convincingly rendered the various textures juxtaposed in this composition, such as the contrast between the white cloth and the polished marble table, and the reflecting surfaces of metal, water drops, and glass versus the delicate skin of peaches and grapes. The knife that appears to project out over the side of the table is an indicator of Preyer's familiarity with the tradition of Dutch still-life painting. After early training with her father, Johann Wilhelm Preyer (1803-1889), Emilie Preyer painted her fi…

Provenance

Hurlbut Collection, 1915.723

Registry history

  • 1873 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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