Detail of Still Life with Apples and a Pitcher by Pissarro in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2011

Title: Still Life with Apples and Pitcher

Artist: Camille Pissarro (French, Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas 1830–1903 Paris)

Date: 1872

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (46.4 x 56.5 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Bernhard Gift, by exchange, 1983

Accession Number: 1983.166

Unlike Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, and other artists in his circle, Pissarro painted few still lifes, most late in his career. This work of 1872 is, therefore, exceptional for its subject, as well as for its clearly expressed forms and subtle manipulation of light. There is only one other comparable painting by the artist, Apples and Pears in a Round Basket of the same year (private collection), which is identical in size and setting to the present canvas, featuring the same floral-patterned wallpaper in the background.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437317