A Peach by Otto Heinigke https://www.nga.gov/artworks/214171-peach
Inscriptions lower right in graphite: OH 78; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand
Inscriptions lower right in graphite: OH 78; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand
National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 341, repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Globe, Arizona, 1977; by unknown hand, top right in graphite: RMG 18592 You may
bottom left corner in graphite: Larry Fink Studio 54, NYC, May 1977; by unknown hand
Artwork overview Medium chalk manner printed in black ink on laid paper and hand-colored
.; by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: 21; bottom right: INVENTORY # 8.1 You
left in graphite: Shell 1; lower right: Edward Weston / 1927; on verso, by unknown hand
The unusual subject of this painting comes from one of Aesop’s fables. In his Man and the Satyr , he related how a demigod helped a peasant who was lost on a wintry day.
He holds his left hand, farther from us, in front of his chest with his open palm
the man leaning down to tie his skate, and, in reverse, the young couple skating hand
With great bravura, this fashionably clad member of the Haarlem civic guard stands with one arm akimbo, staring out at the viewer. His proud bearing, accented by the panache of his shimmering pink satin costume and plumed hat, attests to the great sense of confidence felt by the Dutch at the height of their „golden age.“ Andries Stilte, whose family coat of arms decorates the upper corner of this painting, is presented as a standard bearer, or ensign, of the Kloveniers, one of Haarlem’s militia companies.
He stands with his body facing our left in profile with his left hand on his hip,