Description
Rubens Peale didn’t begin to paint until he was seventy-one. But the many still-life pictures he created during his last decade reflect both the compositions created by his uncle James and his brother Raphaelle and his own identity as a dedicated gardener, amateur botanist, and farmer.
Rubens worked on the preparation and presentation of botanical specimens in his family’s Philadelphia Museum and created gardens at Belfield, the Germantown farm owned by his father, Charles Willson Peale. Both these activities were preludes to working his own farm in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, where the flowers in this painting were grown.
Painted over the span of a year, these flowers represent the bounty of different seasons. Rubens often gave his pictures as gifts, and the center medallion on the bowl in this work is inscribed "RP to CWP, 1856," marking it as a gift to his son Charles Willson Peale, named after Rubens’s father.
Taking inspiration from the museum’s encyclopedic collection, local Philadelphia maker The Painted Lily has created small artworks on beautiful tumbled marble tiles. Whether hanging on your wall, decorating your desktop or bookshelf, or as a coaster for your favorite beverage, each will add warmth and inspiration to your home or office.
The images are applied using a technique that has been developed allowing for the natural color and character of the tile to show thru the image. Made to last a lifetime, the tiles are incredibly durable. Perfect as coasters for hot and cold beverages, the images will never peel up with condensation and the sealer will never melt with any hot liquids.
Each coaster is backed in cork to protect your table surfaces. Each of the tiles will vary a little due to the character and texture of the stone. Tiles can be wiped clean with a damp cloth. They are not dishwasher safe.
- Philadelphia Museum of Art exclusive
- 4" x 4"
- Handmade in Philadelphia using the finest Italian Marble
- Materials: Marble tile, ink, cork
- Care: Wipe clean with a damp cloth; not dishwasher safe
