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The image shows a baby lying in a wicker cradle. The baby has a round face, light skin, large eyes, sparse light hair, and is wearing a blue dress. The baby is holding a small object in its left hand and is wearing red fabric on its feet. The cradle has a white pillow behind the baby's head and dark brown fabric underneath. The background has a dark area and a patterned floor with floral designs in shades of red and pink.
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The image shows a baby lying in a wicker cradle. The baby has a round face, light skin, large eyes, sparse light hair, and is wearing a blue dress. The baby is holding a small object in its left hand and is wearing red fabric on its feet. The cradle has a white pillow behind the baby's head and dark brown fabric underneath. The background has a dark area and a patterned floor with floral designs in shades of red and pink.

National Gallery of Art · Painting

Baby in Wicker Basket

Joseph Whiting Stock

Date
c. 1840
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 77.4 x 66.3 cm (30 1/2 x 26 1/8 in.) framed: 94.3 x 83.3 x 8.9 cm (37 1/8 x 32 13/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1980.62.23
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CAB
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • American
  • child
  • portrait
  • American Naive Paintings
  • Naive
Provenance

Recorded as from "New York City,...but originated in Massachusetts."[1] (Springfield, Massachusetts, dealer [probably Peter Kostoff], May 1940); by whom sold to (Downtown Gallery, New York, 1940), by whom sold in 1949 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980. [1] Garbisch records, in the NGA curatorial file.

NGA object ID 59916. 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.