# Basket of Fruit

**Unknown artist**  
c. 1830  
watercolor on velveteen (theorem painting)  
overall: 40.6 x 48.4 cm (16 x 19 1/16 in.) framed: 49.5 x 57.6 x 2.8 cm (19 1/2 x 22 11/16 x 1 1/8 in.)

Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953.5.103. [The museum's record](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.42506.html).

## About this work

An unrecorded American artist painted this in about 1830. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: American
- Real size: about 16 × 19 in (41 × 48 cm). The 16 × 20 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Romanticism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/romanticism)
- Subjects: still life, Fruit
- Colour: ochre
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1504/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5

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