# Still Life

South wing: Themes · hang 748 · 24 works

A table, a vessel, a few things arranged under a window: still life gave painters a subject they could control completely, and they used it to test light, texture and the passing of time. The genre's quiet surface often carries a moral about abundance and decay.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## North wall

1. [Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/still-life-with-apples-and-a-pot-of-primroses-met-435882), Paul Cézanne, ca. 1890. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/still-life-with-apples-and-a-pot-of-primroses-met-435882?hang=748)
2. [Pomegranates and Other Fruit in a Landscape](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/pomegranates-and-other-fruit-in-a-landscape-met-436752), Abraham Brueghel. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/pomegranates-and-other-fruit-in-a-landscape-met-436752?hang=748)
3. [Still Life with Shells and a Chip-Wood Box](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/still-life-with-shells-and-a-chip-wood-box-met-438543), Sebastian Stoskopff, late 1620s. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/still-life-with-shells-and-a-chip-wood-box-met-438543?hang=748)
4. [The Killing of Three Warriors with Two Peaches](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-killing-of-three-warriors-with-two-peaches-cma-124754), Unrecorded Chinese maker, 202 BCE–220 CE. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/the-killing-of-three-warriors-with-two-peaches-cma-124754?hang=748)

## East wall

5. [A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-woman-seated-beside-a-vase-of-flowers-madame-paul-valpinco-met-436121), Edgar Degas, 1865. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/a-woman-seated-beside-a-vase-of-flowers-madame-paul-valpinco-met-436121?hang=748)
6. [Basket of Fruit](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/basket-of-fruit-nga-42506), Unrecorded American maker, c. 1830. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/basket-of-fruit-nga-42506?hang=748)
7. [A Hanging Bouquet of Flowers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-hanging-bouquet-of-flowers-nga-76211), Abraham Mignon, probably 1665/1670. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/a-hanging-bouquet-of-flowers-nga-76211?hang=748)
8. [An Orange Note: Sweet Shop](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/an-orange-note-sweet-shop-si-fsg-f1904-315a-c), James McNeill Whistler, 1883 or 1884. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/an-orange-note-sweet-shop-si-fsg-f1904-315a-c?hang=748)

## West wall

9. [Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cezanne](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/woman-in-front-of-a-still-life-by-cezanne-aic-16648), Paul Gauguin, 1890. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/woman-in-front-of-a-still-life-by-cezanne-aic-16648?hang=748)
10. [Great Indian Fruit Bat](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/great-indian-fruit-bat-met-456949), Bhawani Das, ca. 1777–82. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/great-indian-fruit-bat-met-456949?hang=748)
11. [Roses in a Vase](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/roses-in-a-vase-nga-52260), Unrecorded French maker, 1880/1900. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/roses-in-a-vase-nga-52260?hang=748)
12. [Melons and Morning Glories](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/melons-and-morning-glories-si-saam-1967-39-2), Raphaelle Peale, 1813. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/melons-and-morning-glories-si-saam-1967-39-2?hang=748)

## South wall

13. [Breakfast Still Life](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/breakfast-still-life-aic-257286), Willem Claesz. Heda, 1647. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/breakfast-still-life-aic-257286?hang=748)
14. [Bouquet of Flowers in a Glass Vase](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bouquet-of-flowers-in-a-glass-vase-nga-94743), Ambrosius Bosschaert, 1621. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/bouquet-of-flowers-in-a-glass-vase-nga-94743?hang=748)
15. [Still Life](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/still-life-aic-21682), Pieter Claesz, c. 1625. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/still-life-aic-21682?hang=748)
16. [Fish (Still Life)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fish-still-life-aic-44892), Édouard Manet, 1864. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life/fish-still-life-aic-44892?hang=748)

## Doors

- [Cities and Views](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/cities-and-views?hang=748&via=continue) (24 works)
- [Still Life, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/still-life?hang=748&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ4LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiRzhTb2Y3cEkifQ)