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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Voss has painted this basket of flowers and fruit in the spirit of the Dutch seventeenth century. The inclusion of the butterfly and the flies is interesting. In the seventeenth century Dutch painters would include insects in their still lives to heighten the illusion of reality - further demonstrating their painterly skill. However, flies carry obvious connotations of decay, and butterflies were also used to allude to both the soul, and the transience of life. In their inclusion, Voss simultaneously encourages the viewer to consider our own mortality, but also plays with the idea of reality - these painted flowers and fruit will never decay, but will forever be captured as they were painted. | Subjects: | still life (flower; fruit); animal (butterfly; fly) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Voss, J or T (?) (Dutch(?) artist, active early 19th century) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8426... | Go to resource |
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