Still Life with Apples and Pears
Colors in this work
Details
- Artist
- Paul Cézanne
- Date
- ca. 1891–92
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 17 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (44.8 x 58.7 cm)
- Department
- European Paintings
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960
Art Genome Taxonomy
5 tags
Subject Matter
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Still Life Both · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as a still life and lists Still Life among its subjects; the image visibly depicts arranged fruit and dishes on a tabletop.
Visual Qualities
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Earth Tones Visual · 94%
Ochre, brown, muted red, olive green, and blue-green passages dominate the composition, producing an overall earth-toned palette.
Medium and Techniques
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Oil Painting Both · 99%
The catalog specifies oil on canvas, and the image visibly presents a painted surface with layered, blended, and brushed color passages consistent with oil painting.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to circa 1891–92, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 99%
The artist is identified in the catalog as French, with Aix-en-Provence given as the place of origin and death.
Source & rights
Paul Cézanne. Still Life with Apples and Pears. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 4,000 × 3,086 · Metropolitan Museum Of Art · Available