Still Life with Cake
1818 · Oil on wood · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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About this work
- Artist
- Raphaelle Peale (1774–1825)
- Year
- 1818
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Original size
- 27.3 × 38.7 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- Realism
Slices of pound cake, a few raisins and a glass of wine stand on a bare table edge against a dark ground, lit from the left. Raphaelle Peale was the first American painter to specialise in still life, and his small, quiet pictures of food are now among the most prized of the early republic. This one is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A small, warm still life for a kitchen, dining room or pantry wall in a dark wood frame. It suits cream, sage or deep green walls.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1818)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- kitchen, dining room, living room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.




















