# Still Life with Asparagus

- By: Adriaen Coorte (ca. –ca.)
- Date: 1697
- Medium: panel, paper, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 25 cm x width 20.5 cm
- Credit line: A.A. des Tombe Bequest, The Hague
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2099--a10d24c9b6d2774e912db7afe05fb4ff)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/OHDPD/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Coorte produced mostly small, intimate still lifes. Through their simple subjects – asparagus or berries – these modest paintings stand out in stark contrast to the sumptuous still lifes that were in fashion at the time. While the aim of those works was to present a superabundance of costly objects and foodstuffs, here attention is focused on the refined rendering of a single vegetable.