Peach Botanical Art

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Prunus persica

Peach Botanical Art

Fig. 1

'Immortal holding a peach'. Silk tapestry from the Ming dynasty of Dongfang Shuo stealing a peach of immortality. The legend is based on the historical Dongfang Shuo, (c. 160 BC – 93 BC), a Han dynasty official who worked in the court of Emperor Wu.

Detail of a large portrait of Jane Aynscombe

Fig. 2

Portrait of Jane Stebbing, wife of Thomas Aynscombe, daughter of Philip Stebbing, grocer and Freeman of Norwich. Jane married Thomas Aynscombe, (died 1740), in 1706.

Fig. 3

"Pigeon on a peach branch" by Emperor Huizong of Song, Northern Song Dynasty

Fig. 4

"Boy with a basket of fruit" Caravaggio, Galeria Borghese, Rome

Still life with peaches

Fig. 5

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris

Still-life of peaches and grapes

Fig. 6

Willem Frederik van Royen, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England

Fig. 7

"Souvenir de Mauve" Vincent van Gogh, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo

Peaches

Fig. 8

Georg Flegel, Landesmuseum, Darmstadt

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"Girl with Peaches" Valentin Serov, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

A jar of peaches

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Claude Monet, New Masters Gallery, Dresden

Prunus persica (L.) Batsch [as Persica vulgaris Miller]

Fig. 11

Prunus persica (L.) Batsch [as Persica vulgaris Miller]

Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. Braddick

Fig. 12

Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. Braddick

Fig. 13

"Peach Blossoms" by Winslow Homer, Art Institute of Chicago, 1877

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Fig. ¹ "Immortal holding a peach." Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA,c.1368-1644, Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org. Accessed 16 Apr. 2015.
Fig. ² Vereist, Johannes. "Jane Aynscombe holding a peach." Wikimedia Commons, Oil on canvas, c. 1679-1730, commons.wikimedia.org. Accessed 16 Apr. 2015.
Fig. ³ Huizong of Song, Emperor. "Pigeon on a peach branch." CE. Heibonsha Co., Tokyo, Japan, Mounted on hanging scroll, color on silk; private collection in Japan, 1108 or 1109, Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org. Accessed 16 Apr. 2015.
Fig. ⁴ Caravaggio. "Boy with a Basket of Fruit." Galeria Borghese, Rome, Oil on canvas, c.1593, Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org. Accessed 16 Apr. 2015.
Fig. ⁵ Renoir, Pierre-Auguste. "Still-life with peaches." Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris, France, Oil on canvas, c.1880, Web Galery of Art, wga.hu/index.html. Accessed 16 Apr. 2015.
Fig. ⁶ Royen, Willem Frederik van. "Still-Life of Peaches and Grapes." Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England, Oil on canvas, 1705, Web Galery of Art, wga.hu/index.html. Accessed 16 Apr. 2015.
Fig. ⁷ Gogh, Vincent van. "Souvenir de Mauve, Pink peach Tree." Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, Oil on canvas, Arles, France, 1888, Web Galery of Art, wga.hu/index.html. Accessed 16 Apr. 2015.
Fig. ⁸ Flegel, Georg. "Peaches." Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Oil on wood, c.1630, Web Galery of Art, wga.hu/index.html. Accessed 16 Apr. 2015.
Fig. ⁹ Serov, Valentin. "Girl with Peaches." State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Oil on canvas, 1887, Web Galery of Art, wga.hu/index.html. Accessed 16 Apr. 2015.
Fig. ¹⁰ Monet, Claude. "Jar of Peaches." New Masters Gallery, Dresden, c.1866, Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org. Accessed 16 Apr. 2015.
Fig. ¹¹ "Prunus persica (L.) Batsch [as Persica vulgaris Miller]." Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid, Spain, Masclef, A., Atlas des plantes de France, vol. 2: t. 95, 1890, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 16 Apr. 2015.
Fig. ¹² "Prunus persica (L.) Batschvar. Braddick." Missouri Botanical Garden, Dr. Louis, U.S.A., Transactions of the royal horticultural society of London, vol. 2: t. 13, 1822, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 16 Apr. 2015.
Fig. ¹³Homer, Winslow. "Peach Blossoms." Art Institute of Chicago, Oil on canvas, 1877, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org. Accessed 9 Feb. 2017.

Published 16 Apr. 2015 LR. Last update 14 Feb. 2023 LR