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Source Description
Way was a Baltimore painter who began his career as a portraitist; but, on the advice of the influential Düsseldorf artist Emanuel Leutze (known for his famous work, "Washington Crossing the Delaware," in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), he turned to still lifes, specializing in such subjects as bunches of grapes and oysters. In Walters 37.1887 he depicts a bunch of grapes grown at the Walters' family country-house just outside Baltimore.
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Document identity
localId
18788
label
Bunch of Grapes
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
18788
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Bunch of Grapes
description
Way was a Baltimore painter who began his career as a portraitist; but, on the advice of the influential Düsseldorf artist Emanuel Leutze (known for his famous work, "Washington Crossing the Delaware," in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), he turned to still lifes, specializing in such subjects as bunches of grapes and oysters. In Walters 37.1887 he depicts a bunch of grapes grown at the Walters' family country-house just outside Baltimore.
provenance
Mrs. Jesse M. Goldstein, Philadelphia; given to Walters Art Museum, 1981.
date
1870s
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
74.6
height
59.5
depth
10
dimensionsRaw
Framed, H: 29 3/8 × W: 23 7/16 × D without build-up: 3 15/16 in. (74.6 × 59.5 × 10 cm); D with build-up:: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left: AJH Way
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
4196
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
522
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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075ea266d537471c
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no
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no