A Peach, Seville
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 20.32 × 15.56 cm (8 × 6 1/8 in.) framed: 31.75 × 26.67 × 7.62 cm (12 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 3 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
Accession Number
2018.44.7
Art Historical Context
George Henry Hall’s “ Peach, Seville” invites into an intimate encounter with a single piece of fruit. Painted in oil on canvas in 1866, the work measures just eight by six inches, a scale that encourages close looking and rewards attention to surface and light. The modest dimensions and precise rendering suggest Hall approached the subject as both a careful study of nature and a celebration of everyday beauty. Seville, referenced in the title, hints at the artist’s travels or interest in Spanish subjects, common among American painters of the period who sought inspiration abroad. In oil, Hal...