# Melons and Morning Glories, in Still Life

Raphaelle Peale painted this in 1813, aged 39. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

From the museum's label:

> Raphaelle Peale's father, Charles Willson Peale, urged his son to paint portraits instead of still lifes, which brought an artist less prestige and fewer commissions. But still lifes suited Raphaelle, who also worked as a taxidermist.

_Text from the Smithsonian American Art Museum._

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## The work

- Date: 1813
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 20 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. (52.6 x 65.4 cm.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1967.39.2
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Raphaelle Peale](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/raphaelle-peale), born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825

1 works in the collection.

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