This painting features a large woven basket filled with pears and a couple of peaches or apples, positioned in the center-left of the composition. Below the basket, there are a few peaches resting separately, while four cucumbers lie in the center of the table. To the right, a reflective bowl overflows with figs. In front of it is a yellow melon with a textured rind that has been cut open. The color palette includes hues of green, red, and the yellow of the melon. The lighting in the image comes from the upper left, casting shadows on the brown surface below and highlighting the texture and…
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Still Life with Apples, Pears, Cucumbers, Figs, Plums, and a Melon

Fede Galizia (Italian, c. 1578 - c. 1630)

c. 1625 - 1630

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 35.3 × 59.1 cm (13 7/8 × 23 1/4 in.) ; framed: 51 × 75 × 7 cm (20 1/16 × 29 1/2 × 2 3/4 in.)
Culture
Milanese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
Credit line
Gift of Funds from Roger Sant, Patrons’ Permanent Fund, and Gift of Funds from Deborah Burklund
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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