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Still Life with Ham (Philippe Rousseau)

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Painting by Philippe Rousseau
Still Life with Ham
ArtistPhilippe Rousseau
Yearc. 1870s
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions73 cm × 92.1 cm (29 in × 36.3 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Still Life with Ham is a 1870s still life painting by French artist Philippe Rousseau. Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a number of items set on a table. The work is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Description

The painting is intricately and intimately detailed; not only did Rousseau render a ham (described as "succulent" by one source) and a fully set table, he also included an issue of Le Figaro (a prominent French newspaper) addressed to his home. The work is highly contemporaneous to the early 1870s.

References

  1. ^ "www.metmuseum.org". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
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