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Boy with Peaches

Type
Paintings(Opens in new tab)
Date
1760
Accession number
78.20.3
Maker
François Hubert Drouais(Opens in new tab) (French, 1727–1775)
Dimensions
28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm.)
Medium
oil on canvas
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
Department
European Art
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The French art critic Denis Diderot praised Drouais’s depictions of children. “He puts life, transparency, humility, and charm in their eyes…They seem to watch you and smile at you, even up close.” Peaches traditionally symbolize truth. In this portrait, Drouais may allude to the proverbial notion of truths that come from the mouths of babes.

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