This painting shows a collection of ripe peaches and clusters of grapes arranged on a table. The peaches have hues of orange, pink, and yellow, while the grapes are dark purple and light green. Several peaches are stacked closely together in the center, with the grapes on top of them and around them. A thin stick with green leaves rests on top of the stacked peaches. The table they lie on appears to be a dark red-and-gray marbled surface, with a white cloth edged in gold draped over the right side. The wall behind the fruit is a gradient, with brown on the left side fading into pale orange…
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Peaches, Grapes, and Apples

painter Severin Roesen (American, born Germany, 1816 - after 1872)

n.d.

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 34.93 × 46.04 cm (13 3/4 × 18 1/8 in.) ; framed: 50.48 × 59.69 × 5.72 cm (19 7/8 × 23 1/2 × 2 1/4 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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