Still Life with Asparagus
Adriaen Coorte
1697
Medium
paper
Dimensions
h 25cm × w 20.5cm
Classification
painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Most of Coorte’s paintings are small, intimate still lifes. With their simple subjects - asparagus, or berries - his paintings contrast starkly with the magnificent, extravagant still lifes then in vogue. Those pictures are all about the profusion of valuable objects and foods, while here the emphasis is on the meticulous rendering of a single vegetable.