Bunch of Grapes
(18th and 19th Centuries )
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.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Mrs. Jesse M. Goldstein, Philadelphia; given to Walters Art Museum, 1981.
Exhibitions
2000-2007 | Long-term Loan to Mayor's Office. Office of Promotion and the Arts, Baltimore. |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
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)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jesse M. Goldstein, 1981
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.
37.2591