A blue and white porcelain bowl, fruit, wine glasses, and a woven rug are gathered on a tabletop in front of a black background in this vertical still life painting. Light strongly illuminates the objects, creating a stark contrast to the dark background. At the center of the composition, the porcelain bowl is tipped so its wide brim rests on the rug bunched on the tabletop to our left. The rug is painted with a pattern in earthy beige and chocolate brown, denim blue, bronze, and cream white. A piece of roughly textured orange fruit resembling a tiny pumpkin has a stem with a small white…
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Still Life

Willem Kalf (Dutch, 1619 - 1693)

c. 1660

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 64.4 x 53.8 cm (25 3/8 x 21 3/16 in.) ; framed: 83.8 x 69.9 cm (33 x 27 1/2 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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