Still Life: A Basket of Grapes and Other Fruit
probably ca. 1635–45
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
19 5/8 x 25 1/2 in. (49.8 x 64.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Fund, 1964
Accession Number
64.294
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Still Life: A Basket Grapes and Other Fruit* by Jacob van Hulsdonck, a masterful Flemish painter active in Antwerp during the early 17th century. around 1635–45, this oil on wood panel (19⅝ × 25½ in.) captures a bountiful basket brimming with plump grapes, vibrant lemons, and other fruits, rendered with exquisite realism. Hulsdonck, part of the Antwerp still-life tradition, specialized in such "bancketjes" or banquet pieces, drawing from the legacy of masters like Jan Brueghel the Elder. In the context of the Dutch and Flemish Golden Age, these works celebrated nature's abundance whil...