Peaches on a Dish
About this artwork
Influenced by Japanese art, Fantin-Latour gradually simplified his still lifes, often focusing on a single variety of fruit, set against a neutral background. The first owner of this work was the British lawyer, painter and etcher Edwin Edwards (1823 – 1879), who acted as Fantin-Latour’s agent in England during the 1870s, selling these paintings to an eager British market. Every autumn Fantin-Latour would send his completed canvases to Edwards’s wife Elizabeth, who would arrange to have them framed and invite any prospective clients to the house to view them.
Published July 2022
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artist:Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (1836 - 1904) French
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title:Peaches on a Dish
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date created:Dated 1873
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materials:Oil on panel
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measurements:23.90 x 33.20 cm; Framed: 52.50 x 63.50 x 10.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequest of the Revd H G R Hay-Boyd 1941
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accession number:NG 1950
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour
Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour
Born in Grenoble in 1836, Fantin briefly attended the École des Beaux-Arts. He shared some of the Impressionists’ ideals, but specialised in still lifes and quasi-Symbolist works rather than contemporary subjects. He exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1861 to 1899, mainly submitting still lifes...