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Apple Blossoms in a Vase

National Gallery of Art · Painting

Apple Blossoms in a Vase

Martin Johnson Heade

Date
1867
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
overall: 35.6 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
2025.89.6
Credit line
John Wilmerding Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CAB
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • American
  • Flowers
  • Vase
  • flowers
  • still
Provenance

Cyrus W. Field [1819-1892], New York; by descent to his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Alice Judson Jones [1894-1986], Washington, D.C.; (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1971); sold 12 May 1972 to John Wilmerding, New York [1938-2024]; bequest 2025 to NGA.

Inscription

lower right: M.J. Heade 67

NGA object ID 126146. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.