Still Life with Ham
1870s
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. (73 x 92.1 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1982
Accession Number
1982.320
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Art Historical Context
Philippe Rousseau's *Still Life with Ham*1870s), an oil-on-canvas masterpiece measuring 28¾ × 36¼ inches, captures the indulgent textures of a ham and accompanying foods with astonishing realism. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Paintings department as part of the Catharineillard Wolfe Collection, this exemplifies Rousseau's mastery of the still life genre, where everyday edibles become subjects of visual feast. Painted in 19th-century France amid the rise of Realism and Impressionism, Rousseau inspiration from 17th-century Dutch masters like Willem Kalf, yet infused his co...