Peaches on a Plate
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 thick and visible, with different colors of paint applied over one another in wide, swirling strokes.
Colors in this work
Details
- Artist
- Auguste Renoir
- Date
- 1902/1905
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- 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.)
- Department
- CF
- Holding institution
- National Gallery of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- national-gallery-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Still Life Both · 99%
The title identifies peaches on a plate, and the image visibly presents an arrangement of fruit and other inanimate objects.
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Food Both · 99%
Peaches are identified in the title and museum description and are clearly visible as the central subject.
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Group of Objects Visual · 96%
Multiple peaches, leaves, a plate, and cloth form a unified arrangement of inanimate objects.
Visual Qualities
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Earth Tones Visual · 94%
The composition relies substantially on ochre, brown, muted green, warm red, and subdued blue-gray passages rather than uniformly saturated color.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 99%
The National Gallery of Art classifies the work as a painting.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The museum metadata specifies oil on canvas.
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Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Both · 99%
The museum description notes thick, visible, wide, swirling brushstrokes, which are also clearly observable across the fruit, leaves, background, and cloth.
Time Periods
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1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 98%
The museum dates the work to 1902/1905, placing it within the 1900–1917 period.
Source & rights
Auguste Renoir. Peaches on a Plate. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.
High-resolution sources
- IIIF image service ↗ 6,042 × 3,735 · National Gallery Of Art · Available