Flowers in a Silver Caster, Fruit in the Foreground by Jacques André Portail — Jacques André Portail. Flowers in a Silver Caster, Fruit in the Foreground, 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Flowers in a Silver Caster, Fruit in the Foreground

by Jacques André Portail

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Artist: Jacques André Portail (French, Brest 1695–1759 Versailles)
Date: 18th century
Medium: Watercolor, over traces of graphite
Dimensions: 13 5/8 x 10 7/8 in. (34.6 x 27.6 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession no.: 41.190.119

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