Peaches on a Plate
Auguste Renoir
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.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Accession Number
1970.17.79
About the Artist
Auguste Renoir · 1841–1919
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a founding figure of Impressionism whose luminous depictions of Parisian leisure, sensuous female forms, and sun-dappled landscapes made him one of the most beloved painters in Western art history. Born in Limoges to a working-class family, Renoir began as a porcelain painter before pursuing fine arts, and this early craft experience gave him facility with the...