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Still Life with Fruit
About the Artwork
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 first still life in 1867. For study purposes, she visited museums in Dresden, Antwerp, and the Netherlands. She focused primarily on still lifes of fruit.
Inscriptions
Signed lower right corner: Emilie Preijer 1873
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Emilie Preyer (German, 1849–1930)
- Date
- 1873
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 35 x 46.5 cm (13 3/4 x 18 5/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
- Accession no.
- 1915.723
Provenance
Possibly S. V. Harkness, Cleveland (see note 8). H. B. Hurlbut, Cleveland. On permanent loan to the CMA in 1915.
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00010225
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