Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904)
Une assiette de pommes (A Plate of Apples)
1861
Oil on canvas, 20 × 26.4 cm
National Gallery, London
On loan from Tate: Bequeathed by Mrs Edwin Edwards 1907.
This work was painted while Fantin-Latour was visiting Mr and Mrs Edwin Edwards in Sunbury near London in 1861. Also staying with the Edwards at the time were fellow-artists Matthew White Ridley and Thomas Armstrong, and the three artists devoted sessions to the study of still life painting. (NG)