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Still Life with Fruit and Wine Jug

A work made of oil on panel.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of oil on panel.

Date:

1874

Artist:

Adolphe-Joseph-Thomas Monticelli (French, 1824–1886)

About this artwork

Vincent van Gogh was a great admirer of Adolphe Monticelli’s richly impastoed paintings, and he saw in the older artist’s landscapes, flower arrangements, and portraits the sincere expression he was seeking for his own art. He also identified with the myth of the misunderstood artist from Provence that rapidly grew around Monticelli after his death in 1886. Indeed, the artist played a role in Van Gogh’s decision that same year to travel to the South of France, where he hoped to find the source of Monticelli’s light. In this still life, Monticelli’s brilliant yellow fruits anticipate Van Gogh’s celebrated lemon yellow suns.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli

Title

Still Life with Fruit and Wine Jug

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1874

Medium

Oil on panel

Inscriptions

Inscribed lower left: Monticelli

Dimensions

48.2 × 59.7 cm (19 × 23 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Leigh Block

Reference Number

1988.261

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