Still life with peaches and grapes

Abraham van Calraet's Still life with peaches and grapes presents a compact arrangement of ripe peaches and a cluster of green grapes resting on a white cloth that spills over the edge of a dark surface. The fruit is lit from the left, producing warm peachy oranges and pale yellows with glossy highlights against a nearly black background, while leaves and two small butterflies add delicate, natural detail. The painting exemplifies a Dutch Baroque still-life style with restrained realism, subtle chiaroscuro, and careful attention to texture and light.