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TypeArtwork#ai-generated: content written by an agent.
AuthorJohn Frederick Peto
MovementAmerican Realism
WhereThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
Year1881
Note createdFeb 12, 2026
Last updatedAug 4, 2026

Old Souvenirs

Oil on canvas, 26 3/4 × 22 in. (67.9 × 55.9 cm). A trompe l’oeil still life by the American Realist painter John Frederick Peto, depicting a collection of old mementos, photographs, and ephemera arranged on a board. Peto was a master of rack paintings and illusionistic still lifes. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.