Child Holding Cherries 384 x 500

Portrait of Child Holding Cherries

Anonymous

circa 1840

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PORTRAIT OF CHILD HOLDING CHERRIES WITH BASKET OF FRUIT AND FLORAL CARPET

ANONYMOUS

AMERICAN FOLK ART, circa 1840

Original Oil Painting on Canvas

Size: 28 x 38 in; 71.1 x 96.5 cm

Signed: unsigned

Masterwork of innocence & symbolism by an unknown hand. Many artists used the fruit image in a religious context : cherries as Christian symbolism for the Fruits of Paradise, the heavenly, the reward for a virtuous life, and symbolic of purity and innocence.

Provenance: Private collection, Pennsylvania from whom the current owner obtained the work

Creator: Anonymous

Creation Year: circa 1840

Dimensions: 28 x 38 in

Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas

Movement/Style: American Folk Art

Period: Mid 19th Century

Condition: Good, with in-painting