Still Life with Roses and Fruit

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Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour
Date: 1863
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 13 5/8 x 16 3/8 in. (34.6 x 41.6 cm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Sooted Timber · Brown family · #352819 · 52%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #8F6F33 · 8%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #614421 · 8%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #532A0F · 8%

Flax Ground · Yellow family · #CBB88C · 7%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #4B3925 · 4%

Press Black · Black family · #18140D · 3%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #2B2819 · 3%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #212618 · 2%

Raw Ochre Field · Yellow family · #CD9326 · 2%

Press Black · Black family · #0F1612 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #020308 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #050401 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #7B3B05 · <1%

Charred Umber · Black family · #271816 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #B9A9A8 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #68756E · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #8E999B · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Bequest of Alice A. Hay, 1987

10 tags

Still Life Both · 99%

The image presents a deliberate arrangement of flowers and fruit, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogs the work as a still life.
Flora Both · 99%

Multiple roses and other blossoms dominate the left side of the composition, and the catalog specifically lists Roses as a subject.
Food Visual · 95%

A pear and several clusters of grapes are clearly depicted on the tabletop as edible produce.

Dark Colors Visual · 96%

Deep brown, near-black, and dark green passages dominate the ground, foliage, and tabletop, with brighter accents concentrated in the flowers and pear.
Earth Tones Visual · 94%

Brown, ocher, olive, muted gold, and subdued reddish hues establish an earthy palette across the setting and objects.

Painting Both · 99%

The image is visibly a painted composition, and the catalog identifies its classification as Painting/Paintings.
Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum records the medium as oil on canvas. The image shows painted brushwork but cannot independently establish the specific paint medium.
Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 89%

Short, broad, directional strokes remain visible across the petals, leaves, pear, grapes, and tabletop rather than being fully smoothed.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to 1863, placing it within nineteenth-century art.

French Art Metadata · 99%

The museum identifies Fantin-Latour as French in the artist display information.

Henri Fantin-Latour. Still Life with Roses and Fruit. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.