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Festoon of Fruit and Flowers
Also titled Festoen van vruchten en bloemen
Jan Davidsz. de Heem (Utrecht, 1606–1683)
1660 - 1670
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 74 cm x width 60 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
In 1626 this Utrecht-born painter moved to Antwerp, where he became acquainted with sumptuous and colourful Flemish still-life painting. He combined this influence with his gift for rendering nature in minute detail. This is clear to see in this floral and fruit festoon: a highly decorative entity that is nevertheless meticulously detailed. All kinds of hungry insects populate this still life.
