À propos de l’œuvre
Les produits de la pêche, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · circa 1866 · still life of youth
The Peach Jarhand painted reproduction
A large jar of preserved fruit, four fresh peaches and a plate of veined marble: before the impressionist landscapes, young Monet already measured light by the textures it transformed.
Look at the work
Glass, fruit and marble offer three experiences of light
A jar filled with peaches is placed on a marble table next to four fresh fruits. The blue-green background remains almost empty in order to focus all attention on the glass, velvety skins, amber liquid and reflective surface.
The peaches in the jar appear yellower and more translucent than those placed on the table. Monet thus differentiates states of matter: fresh fruit, preserved fruit, amber liquid, transparent glass and cold stone. The dark signature closes the composition at the bottom right.
This still life not only tells what is placed on the table: it compares what light does to glass, fruit, liquid and marble.
Composition, touch and light
What Monet builds behind the impression of snapshot
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
The jar as a column
The large vertical shape occupies the left half. Its lid, reflections and superimposed peaches create a stable architecture above the agitated marble.
Costs versus retained
The outer fruits are matte, pink and slightly irregular. In the jar, the shapes become yellower and brighter under the effect of glass and liquid.
Marble as a broken mirror
White veins and dark reflections do not describe water. They belong to a polished marble slab that multiplies the directions in the foreground.
Details and visual documents
Observe the material and the exact version
The additional images show the difficult-to-read passages in the full view and, where it exists, the actual appearance of the work at the museum.
The proper view reaches 3178 × 3891 px. The third image is a real photograph of the work at Albertinum, 2508 × 3074 px, by Dguendel via Wikimedia Commons. All files are converted to WebP without artificial enlargement.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
These facts concern this precise version and are verified from the notice of the institution which keeps it.
Das Pfirsichglas: The Peach Jar
The Dresden collection preserves this still life under its German title Das Pfirsichglas. The jar constitutes the vertical axis of the entire composition.
Monet is around twenty-six years old
Created around 1866, the painting belongs to the painter's early years, before the first impressionist exhibition in 1874.
A painting of the Albertinum
The work is kept at the Galerie Neue Meister des Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, at the Albertinum, under number 2525 B.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The transparency of the jar without whitening the glass
- The differences between fresh and preserved fruit
- The reflections of marble without confusing them with water
- The large blue-green background, nuanced but silent
Work sheet
| Title | The Peach Jar |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | around 1866 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 55.5 × 46 cm |
| Orientation | Vertical |
| Conservation | Neue Meister Gallery, Albertinum, Dresden, Germany |
| Inventory | 2525 B |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
The vertical format and the palette of petrol blue, amber and peach are suitable for a kitchen, dining room or still life composition. A dark frame or natural wood reinforces the contrast of the marble.
