Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
c. 1715
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
overall: 78.7 x 61.3 cm (31 x 24 1/8 in.) framed: 104.1 x 86.4 x 7.6 cm (41 x 34 x 3 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CNE-B
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Philip and Lizanne Cunningham
Accession Number
1996.80.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Jan van Huysum · 1682–1749
Van Huysum is known for his detailed still-lifes, consisting of luxuriously composed flowers in a classical syle vase, standing on a stone plinth or table, often in a niche. Early works such as Flower Still-life (1706; Hamburg, Kunsthalle), show a traditional, symmetrical pictorial composition. This and other early flower and fruit still-lifes reveal the influence of Cornelis de Heem and Abraham M...