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Ham on a Table
This kitchen table scene relates to a group of still lifes with food in the Walters collection, but also differs in significant ways, beyond the obvious variation in scale and medium. Here the viewer looks down onto the table from a higher vantage point, and the staging of the food is simpler: a single type of food is presented on a plate. In Bonvin’s other kitchen still lifes we see a selection of items, nuts, grapes, oranges, or a pie, often with glassware, napkins, silverware or cruets.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Alexandre Léon Bonvin (1864-1935) [the artist’s son], by inheritance; Louis Bonvin (1897-1967) [his son], by inheritance; Renée Claudel-Bonvin (1921-2022) [his daughter], by inheritance; sale of her estate, Rois et Vaupres, Vire, France, 20 March, 2024; Walters Art Museum, 2024, by purchase.
Measurements
H: 2 3/8 × W: 3 5/8 in. (6 × 9.2 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 2024
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.2953