Peaches on a Plate
1902/1905
Artist, French, 1841 - 1919

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession
1970.17.79
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Acquired from the artist before 1919 by Ambroise Vollard, Paris.[1] (Sam Salz Inc., New York); sold 6 November 1958 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1] See “Pêches dans une assiette," 1902-1905 (WPI Ref. No. PRWDRH).” In Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Catalogue Raisonné Project. Edited and compiled by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc. https://digitalprojects.wpi.art/renoir (accessed 19 February 2025).
[2] Invoice from Sam Salz dated 6 November 1958 in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1961
French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 46, repro
1978
Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 74, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).
2011
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, no. 45, repro.
2013
Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016, pl. 50.
Bibliography
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 302, repro.
1978
Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 74, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 347, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left with atelier stamp: Renoir
Wikidata ID
Q20190828