Roasting Apples by Joseph Decker (1868)

Painting of a boy in a green coat roasting apples at a fireplace, with firewood and a newspaper nearby.

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Roasting Apples, Joseph Decker (1868), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Via artnap.com

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A young boy in a worn green coat and cap crouches before a cast-iron fireplace, using a long fork to roast apples over glowing coals. Two apples rest on the hearth beside a stack of firewood, while a newspaper and pipe sit on the mantelpiece. Joseph Decker painted this interior scene in 1868, held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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1868

Medium

Painting

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

License

Public domain

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