Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
1715
104.0 x 86.0 cm
Jan Van Huysum (1682 – 1749)
Jan van Huysum (1682-1749): Meister der Blütenmalerei im Niederländischen Goldenen Zeitalter mit außergewöhnlicher Detailtreue und Eleganz. Entdecken Sie seine berühmtesten Werke!
Against a dark background, an abundant, colorful arrangement of flowers and fruit fills this vertical still life painting. Set on a stone ledge, a barely visible terracotta vase contains the overflowing bouquet of flowers and greenery. Carnations, tulips, peonies, roses, tuberoses, hops, and other flowers create swirling, circular patterns that sweep across the panel. A delicate stalk of wheat and a few long, thin stems create bright, sinuous lines that span the composition. Peaches and green and purple grapes are piled on the ledge to our right, and an orange butterfly perches below. Barely noticeable, small, pale blue, yellow, white, and orange butterflies hover around the arrangement, while small insects and flies crawl on a few of the flowers and pieces of fruit. Drops of water reflect the light on some of the greenery, fruit, and tulip petals. The flowers are strongly lit across the face of the arrangement, which creates deep shadows to the sides and back.
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- Titel: Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
- Künstler: Jan Van Huysum
- Jahr: 1715
- Originalmaße: 104.0 x 86.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Urheberrechtlicher Status: Gemeinfreiheit
- Hauptfarbe: Phthalo Green
- Farbton: Yellow-Green Range