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Still Life
1872
Artwork Viewer
In this painting of three freshly killed game birds, a hanging fowl and two colorful ducks, one sees a kind of patiently detailed treatment of the birds' luxuriant plumage, still glossy and vivid, as well as a frank attention paid to the way that game is hung up to drain after its beheading. Henry D. Morse's painting evidences connections to an earlier 17th-century Dutch tradition, but there is also a direct matter-of-factness more characteristic of 19th-century American still lifes.
- Artist
- Henry D. Morse
- Title
- Still Life
- Date
- 1872
- Object Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection
- Accession Number
- 1970.3