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Still Life

Georg Flegel

probably ca. 1625–30

Medium

Oil on wood

Tags

FoodBirdsBreadPitchersLemonsStill Life

Dimensions

10 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. (27 x 34 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Dr. W. Bopp, 1921

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Georg Flegel

1566–1638 • Germany

Son of a shoemaker, probably moved to Vienna from Olomouc around 1580 when the Counter-Reformation took effect, as his family was not Catholic. Moved to Frankfurt as assistant to Lucas van Valckenborch I filling in flowers, fruit, and other elements of still-lifes. Flegel produced 110 watercolours Between ca. 1600-1630. Comment on works: Still life; Birds; Insects; Fish; Flowers

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