Seven roses in full bloom are clustered in a wide bouquet set against a dark brown background in this horizontal still life painting. The blossom to our left is peach, and a bud dips down in front of that flower. Behind it and to our right is a lavender pink rose, and then wine red, blush pink, and white. Two butter-yellow roses are along the top of the bouquet, and one of those faces away from us to the right. Spring-green leaves are interspersed throughout, and a single maroon-red petal sits lies on the table in the lower left corner of the composition. The scene is painted with visible brushstrokes, especially evident in the dark background. The artist signed and dated the painting with red paint in the top right corner, “Fantin. 82.”
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Seven roses in full bloom are clustered in a wide bouquet set against a dark brown background in this horizontal still life painting. The blossom to our left is peach, and a bud dips down in front of that flower. Behind it and to our right is a lavender pink rose, and then wine red, blush pink, and white. Two butter-yellow roses are along the top of the bouquet, and one of those faces away from us to the right. Spring-green leaves are interspersed throughout, and a single maroon-red petal sits lies on the table in the lower left corner of the composition. The scene is painted with visible brushstrokes, especially evident in the dark background. The artist signed and dated the painting with red paint in the top right corner, “Fantin. 82.”

National Gallery of Art · Painting

_Roses de Nice_ on a Table

Henri Fantin-Latour

Date
1882
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 26.4 x 41.9 cm (10 3/8 x 16 1/2 in.) framed: 29.4 x 45.2 x 2.4 cm (11 9/16 x 17 13/16 x 15/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
2004.110.4
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CF

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • French
  • still life
  • still
  • Impressionist
  • French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century. Part II: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
  • Roses
Provenance

Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to Mrs. Mellon; life interest released 2004.

Inscription

upper right: Fantin.82

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