Boîte à lait, carafe et bol

Its creation history includes a period of ownership by the collector Sergei Shchukin before the piece entered the collection of the Hermitage Museum.

Paul Cézanne created the still life Boîte à lait, carafe et bol in 1879 using oil paint on canvas. The work was produced in France and depicts a milk pot, carafe, bowl, and fruit. Its creation history includes a period of ownership by the collector Sergei Shchukin before the piece entered the collection of the Hermitage Museum.

Boîte à lait, carafe et bol, painted by Paul Cézanne in 1879, is held in the collection of the Hermitage Museum, where it remains located. The work was previously owned by the Russian collector Sergei Shchukin before entering the museum's holdings. No specific inventory or accession number, nor any exhibition history, is documented in the available sources.

The painting, executed in oil on canvas, measures 45 cm in height and 55.3 cm in width. It was created in France and depicts a still life arrangement of a milk pot, carafe, bowl, and fruit.

Created in 1890, this oil painting presents a modest tabletop arrangement of domestic items, a milk pot covered with a white cloth, a dark‑toned carafe, a patterned bowl, and assorted fruit. The composition rests against a muted wall that hints at foliage in the upper corner, allowing the objects to dominate the visual field.

Executed during the artist’s extensive series of still lifes, the painting reflects a shift from the fleeting light effects of Impressionism toward a more structured, geometric treatment of space. This deliberate emphasis on underlying shape and volume contributed to the visual language later adopted by early 20th‑century movements such as Cubism.