This painting shows three apples on a flat, gray surface. Two of the apples in the center are large, while one to the left is much smaller. The apples are glossy, covered in uneven patches of bright red and light green. Two of them have wide, dark-green leaves attached to their brown stems. One stray leaf lies on the gray table at the bottom right. The wall behind the apples is muted brown, with a lighter area in the top right corner.
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Study of Apples from Nature

painter William Rickarby Miller (American, born England, 1818 - 1893)

1863

Medium
oil on board
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 18.42 × 26.35 cm (7 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.) ; framed: 29.85 × 36.51 × 5.08 cm (11 3/4 × 14 3/8 × 2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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