Vruchtenstilleven

Vruchtenstilleven

<B id=docs-internal-guid-4349d236-7fff-85a8-b4e7-d4183ec21a51 style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica Neue'; FONT-VARIANT: normal; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Balthasar van der Ast was one of the most prolific still life painters in 17th-century Holland. His early work shows clear evidence of the influence of his teacher Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, but by the early 1720’s, van der Ast began to develop his own personal style. His compositions became bigger and more complex and depicted exotic fruits, shells, and insects. Here, the grasshopper adorning the Chinese porcelain bowl mirrors the ‘real’ grasshopper sitting on the shell to the right. </SPAN></B>

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Balthasar van der Ast was one of the most prolific still life painters in 17th-century Holland. His early work shows clear evidence of the influence of his teacher Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, but by the early 1720’s, van der Ast began to develop his own personal style. His compositions became bigger and more complex and depicted exotic fruits, shells, and insects. Here, the grasshopper adorning the Chinese porcelain bowl mirrors the ‘real’ grasshopper sitting on the shell to the right.

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Title

Vruchtenstilleven

Artist

Balthasar van der Ast (Middelburg 1593 - 1657 voor Delft)

Dating

1623

Material and technique

olieverf op paneel

Object number

5096 a

Object type

schilderij

Acquisition

aankoop 1924

Dimensions

hoogte 23.6 cm

breedte 32.4 cm

hoogte (met lijst) 40 cm

breedte (met lijst) 48.5 cm

Inscriptions and markings

  • signatuur en datering r.o. op tafelrand (met verf): B.van der.ast.1623.

More of the same motif

stilleven, vruchtenstilleven

Documentation

  • Catalogus van schilderijen der Utrechtsche School, (Utrecht, 1941), cat. nr. 2

  • Centraal Museum Utrecht : catalogus der schilderijen [1933], inl. W.C. Schuylenburg. [tekst] C.H. de Jonge, ([Utrecht], 1933), cat. nr. 2

  • De Catalogus der schilderijen [1952], (Utrecht, 1952), cat. nr. 3

Exhibitions

  • More beautiful than nature. The Still Lifes of Balthasar van der Ast (1593/94-1657), Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aken, 2016

  • De Zeven Hoofdzonden, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2013 - 2014

  • De keuze van Simon Levie : oude meesters uit de collectie van het Centraal Museum Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1995

Persistent url

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https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.405A7E8A-FFAB-4B81-90D7-69791F33441E

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