In this painting, a collection of large, ripe peaches sits on a light green plate with a white rim. The peaches are painted in shades of orange, yellow, and red, with some areas of dark red and black. They are surrounded by wide green and yellow leaves that extend off the plate to the left and right. Beneath the plate is a surface covered in a draping white cloth, its surface painted with shadows in shades of blue and purple and hints of green, and the wall behind the peaches is a tangerine orange color with sections of dark blue, red, green, and peach. The brushstrokes in the painting are…
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Peaches on a Plate

Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 - 1919)

1902/1905

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 22.2 x 35.6 cm (8 3/4 x 14 in.) ; framed: 43.1 x 56.8 x 6 cm (16 15/16 x 22 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
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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