Terms and conditions of use
Still life with fruit
(c. 1640-1650)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
67.3 × 79.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1935
Gallery location
17th Century & Flemish Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
From the 1640s, Jan Davidsz. de Heem was the most important and influential still-life painter in the Netherlands. This painting belongs to an iconographic type invented by him: the pronkstilleven, or sumptuous still life. This popular type of painting enlivened rooms in many Netherlandish homes. De Heem’s technical brilliance gives the work a seductive realism. With the exception of the cherries, all the luscious fruits are from the autumn harvest, richly celebrated in this superb painting.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint u.r.: J. D. de Heem f (dot above f)
Accession Number
231-4
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Still Lifes
Subjects (specific)
bread fruit pieces grape (berry fruit) oysters pomegranate (fruit)