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Still Life with Plums

Still Life with Plums

1663
(French, 1610–1682)
France, 17th century
oil on canvas
Unframed: 88.9 x 115.9 x 2.5 cm (35 x 45 5/8 x 1 in.); Framed: 105.1 x 132.1 x 6 cm (41 3/8 x 52 x 2 3/8 in.)
Promised Gift of Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley 11.2020
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

On the wall tied with a ribbon hang plum branches, while scattered on the ledge are pomegranates and grapes as well as a porcelain vase filled with lilies and roses.
  • -1970
    Jeanne Stirre, Tonnerre, France, sold to a Private Collection
    1970-
    Private Collection, Paris, France
    June 22, 1999
    (Tajan, Paris, France, June 22, 1999, lot 15)
    1999-
    Private Collection
    December 6, 2007
    (Christie's, London, United Kingdom, December 6, 2007, lot 37, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)
    2007-
    Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, promised gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Fare, Michel. La Nature Morte En France: Son Histoire Et Son Evolution Du XVII Au XX Siecle. Geneve: Cailler, 1962. I, p. 62
    Faré, Michel. Le Grand Siècle de la Nature Morte en France. Le XVIIe Siècle. Paris: Société Française du Livre, 1974. p. 200
    Sterling, Charles. La nature morte: de l'antiquité au XXe siècle. Paris: Macula, 1985. pl. X
    C. Mauduit, 'La nature morte française aux XVIIème et XVIIIème siècles et le marché de l'art', L'Optimiste, Paris, 1999 (3rd volume). p. 11, no. 26
    Etude Tajan. "Importants Tableaux Anciens". L'Optimiste (1999). Lot 15
    E. Coatalem, 'Un peintre de natures mortes, Pierre Dupuis, ou l'épanouissement d'un genre', L'Estampille, l'objet d'art, April 1999. p. 52, no. 335
    Salvi, Claudia. D'après nature: la nature morte en France au XVIIe siècle. Tournai, Belgium: Renaissance du livre, 2000. Reproduced: p. 89
    Musée des beaux-arts de Tours, Musée des Augustins, and Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France). Les peintres du roi, 1648-1793: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, 18 mars-18 juin 2000 : Musée des Augustins à Toulouse, 30 juin-2 octobre 2000. Paris, France: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2000. Reproduced: no. R37
    Christie, Manson & Woods. Important Old Master & British Pictures. London: Christie's, 2007. Lot 37
  • Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
    Les Peintres du Roi, 1648-1793, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, France (March 18 – June 18, 2000); Musée des Augustins à Toulouse, France (June 30 – October 2, 2000).
    L'Academie Royal de Peinture et de Sculpture, Paris, France (June 1963). [exhibited by the artist as his reception piece]
  • {{cite web|title=Still Life with Plums|url=false|author=Pierre Dupuis|year=1663|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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