The Wealth of Autumn

A dense still life of peaches, green and red grapes, a melon, and plums heaped over a stone ledge, with leaves spilling from a dark tree at upper right. Small putti or cherubs crouch in the shadowed foreground below, and a stormy sky opens over a distant hill at left.

Artist

Andrew John Henry Way

Date

1869

Medium

oil on canvas

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2354 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum