Still Life with Steak

Artist Raphaelle Peale (American, 1774 - 1825)

Date1816-1817

MediumOil on wood panel

DimensionsFramed: 21 1/8 x 27 1/4 x 3 1/4in. (53.7 x 69.2 x 8.3cm)
Overall: 13 3/8 x 19 1/2in. (34 x 49.5cm)

ClassificationsPAINTINGS

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Terms

19th Century

Object number53.215

Description

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Collections

19th-Century Paintings

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Label TextThis artist, Raphaelle Peale, was one of the first American artists to excel at still-life painting, which presents objects in a certain way to invite the viewer to look closely at their arrangement, details, color, and shape. Still-lifes often depict commonplace things or a combination of elements that could make up something else. The focus here is a hearty slab of steak, which spills over the table into the painting's foreground, as if it were possible to touch. Behind the steak are vegetables—a thick head of cabbage, a beet, and savory carrots—all the ingredients of a hearty beef stew or perhaps a Yankee pot roast!