Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
Jan van Huysum
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
About the Artist
Jan van Huysum
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...