Still Life (Primroses, Pears and Pomegranates)

Still Life with primroses, pears and pomegranates is a characteristic work by Henri Fantin-Latour, the 19th-century master of the quiet flower and fruit piece. Against a muted background, blossoms and fruit are arranged with a restrained, almost austere realism. Fantin-Latour’s delicately balanced still lifes were prized in his own day and remain touchstones of the genre.