19th C. Oil on Board Peaches Still Life 4oth birthdat including for the fact that

including for the fact that they are just one of many things that "match" between them

I've always been a bit amazed by the prices these old folk art sock/stocking cats command

It reminds me a lot of Art Deco ornaments

and now keep an eye out as I think they're just lovely

Image is extremely clear

19th C. Oil on Board Peaches Still Life 4oth birthdat including for the fact thatI love an antique still life painting of fruit, and this pile of peaches with purple fig at right was beautifully executed, with a richness perfectly befitting ripe peaches! It hasn't been cleaned, and is a somewhat dark, but get it in the right light and those peaches are luminous! (Of course one could have it cleaned, but I personally like the aura and atmospherics of it just as it is, as if painted in candlelight to begin with and meant to be