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Description: | A bouquet of fruit and flowers held together with a blue ribbon is tied to a brass ring on a wall. Grapes, lemons and roses form a compact triangle. A few twigs with cherries and curling leaves border the edges of the bouquet. The combination of bright colours (yellow, green, pink, red) and receding colours (dark green and blue) gives the picture its vibrancy. Attention is paid to surface textures: leathery lemon peel, delicate rose petals, firm and glossy grapes. The controlled composition recalls Flower and Fruit (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) by Antwerp painter De Heem, who dominated Dutch flower painting before Van Huysum. | Subjects: | still life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Heem, Jan Davidsz. de (Dutch painter, born 1606, died 1683 or 1684) Æ Manner of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8563... | Go to resource |
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