Photo of collection object Purchasing Fruit [A French Mulatress Purchasing Fruit from a Negro Wench] — Brunias, Agostino. Purchasing Fruit [A French Mulatress Purchasing Fruit from a Negro Wench], c. 1765-1790. Oil on canvas, 29.7 × 22.8 cm (11 11/16 × 9 in.) framed: 35.2 × 28.7 cm (13 7/8 × 11 5/16 in.). Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (transfer from Harvard College Library), gift of John Gardiner, 1790, unknown.

Purchasing Fruit [A French Mulatress Purchasing Fruit from a Negro Wench]

c. 1765-1790

Agostino Brunias

1730 - 1796

European and American Art

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Maker/Artist: Brunias, Agostino
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: Oil on canvas
Medium: Oil on canvas
Locations: country: Italy
Period: 18th Century
Dimensions: 29.7 × 22.8 cm (11 11/16 × 9 in.) framed: 35.2 × 28.7 cm (13 7/8 × 11 5/16 in.)
Departments: European and American Art
Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (transfer from Harvard College Library), gift of John Gardiner, 1790
Rights Statement: unknown
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