A white rose, grapes and other fruit, a squat gourd, a bottle, and a glass are arranged across a dark wood table partly covered by a white cloth in this horizontal still life painting. The table and its objects fill the width and most of the height of this composition, and are set against a sable-brown background. The rose, bowl, cluster of green grapes, and a peach sit on the shimmering, bright white cloth, which is draped over the left half of the table. The shallow, straw-yellow bowl holds a pile of canary-yellow pears and a few peaches nestled among green leaves. Another peach and a…
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Still Life with Melon and Peaches

Edouard Manet (French, 1832 - 1883)

c. 1866

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 68.3 x 91 cm (26 7/8 x 35 13/16 in.) ; framed: 96.8 x 119.4 x 8.9 cm (38 1/8 x 47 x 3 1/2 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer
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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