This painting features an arrangement of fruit in a basket with a green parrot perched on a branch. The yellow woven basket contains an assortment of fruit, including a prominent orange pear, green and red grapes, purple plums, a pink peach, and small pink berries, all in front of a large green gourd. Some green leaves and brown branches also extend upwards out of the basket. The parrot is situated on a branch that extends upward from the left side of the basket of fruit. The bird is mostly light green but has vibrant, reddish-orange feathers on its tail and the ends of its wings. Its head is turned to the left, away from the basket, and its hooked beak is open.
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This painting features an arrangement of fruit in a basket with a green parrot perched on a branch. The yellow woven basket contains an assortment of fruit, including a prominent orange pear, green and red grapes, purple plums, a pink peach, and small pink berries, all in front of a large green gourd. Some green leaves and brown branches also extend upwards out of the basket. The parrot is situated on a branch that extends upward from the left side of the basket of fruit. The bird is mostly light green but has vibrant, reddish-orange feathers on its tail and the ends of its wings. Its head is turned to the left, away from the basket, and its hooked beak is open.

National Gallery of Art · Painting

Basket of Fruit with Parrot

A.M. Randall

Date
1777
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 43.4 x 50.8 cm (17 1/16 x 20 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1980.62.20
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CAB

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • American
  • still life
  • still
  • Fruit
  • American Naive Paintings
  • Naive
Provenance

Recorded as from Pennsylvania. (Robert Carlen, Philadelphia); sold 1950 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; bequest 1980 to NGA.

Inscription

lower center: A.M. RANDALL / 1777

NGA object ID 59913. 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.