Antique French Still Life with Peaches, signed J. Pagès, late 19th / early 20th c.

A French still life in oil, signed lower left "J. Pagès," depicting ripe peaches with one cut to reveal the stone, alongside a tall pressed-glass goblet and a single walnut. The palette is restrained and tenebrous in the tradition of late nineteenth-century French still life painters working in the company of Antoine Vollon, Philippe Rousseau, and the school of Lyon fruit painters, with the fruits emerging warmly from a dark, atmospheric ground. The small intimate scale and confident handling place the work firmly in the French peinture de table tradition.

Dimensions: 10¾ × 6⅜ in.