Dish of Apples

Paul Cezanne

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Dish of Apples
Paul Cézanne
Date: 1879
Style: Post-Impressionism
Period: Mature period
Genre: still life
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 21 3/4 in. (46 x 55.2 cm)
Location: Private Collection


This rich and dense still life, featuring a napkin shaped like Mont Sainte-Victoire, was painted about 1876–77 in the house of Cézanne's father in Aix. The decorative screen visible in the background was long thought to have been made by the artist in his youth.