# A Sprig of Gooseberries on a Stone Plinth

- By: Adriaen Coorte (ca. –ca.)
- Date: 1699
- Medium: panel, paper, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 28.7 cm x width 21.2 cm
- Credit line: Transfer to the State in lieu of inheritance tax
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-5100--ed7ad6ec1363ee569874ac74efc38c50)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/DUwSD/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 portrayed with the precision of a scientist. By isolating it, it is as if he wanted to get to the very essence of a peach or a gooseberry. Although these four paintings were not conceived as a series, they have formed an ensemble since the second half of the 18th century.