Stolen Fruit
PainterAttributed to
Jeremiah Paul Jr.
(American, active 1791-1820)
Datebefore 1820
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 38 1/2 x 45in. (97.8 x 114.3cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number1840.41.0
Description[Picture shows a man in a green dressing gown and blue hat sitting in a red stuffed chair. Has white scarf around neck and bandaged leg and foot lie on stool, red slipper on right foot. At extreme left is a table coverd with green cloth on which are a number of books. Background of picture is paneling with two globes in high recess in center. Open door at right. In center foreground two boys stand,one dressed in green the other in red, the one in green holds a black hat under his arm. Both have wide white ruffled collars. At right a man, from his dress evidently a farmer, kneels on one knee and in front of him is a hat filled with apples and a bag from which he has emptied more apples. His coat and pants are light colored. His hat is on the floor beside him. Two other boys wearing darks suits with wide white ruffled collars are looking in through the open door.
Shiny black frame with gilt molding.]
NotesDate Note: The exact date of this painting is unknown, but it was known to be in the Hartford Museum at the Old State House as of 1824. And if the artist attribution to Jeremiah Paul is correct, he died in 1820, and his active period is said to be from 1791, so it is probably after that date.Shiny black frame with gilt molding.]
Status
Not on view
