18th-Century Flemish Still Life With Fruit, Flowers & Foliage

18th-Century Flemish Still Life With Fruit, Flowers & FoliageThis enchanting 18th century still life depicts a variety of fruit, flowers and foliage set upon a marble plinth. Its nicely rendered and carries an intriguing appeal. Its unusual beauty arises from its contortions and twisted branches. Unlike many still lifes from the period, it doesnt attempt to be tidy its not abundant with the delights of Spring. Instead, it displays a natural quality, with the fruit decaying in places and the leaves curiously

which gives the portrait a sense of life and vitality

This masterful composition creates an explosion of colour

Imagine commissioning a portrait of your daughter and receiving a work of this calibre

Later frame with some minor abrasions

It’s 1921 in Vordingborg

Craquelure is present throughout as you would expect but the paint is stable

he lived on the Côte d'Azur and his house became a meeting place for Provence-based creatives

His work was widely exhibited during his lifetime and he was awarded the Academy Art Prize twice along with the first-class annual medal in 1895

212 achieved for ‘Niederrheinische Landschaft gegen Abend’ at an auction in 2011

An atmospheric early 20th-century interior scene depicting a stylish living room with table

the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

The painting is housed within a gilded frame and glazed