Still life with fruit and shellfish

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Title

Still life with fruit and shellfish

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Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Collection

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Description

oil on canvas 789 x 1143 mm - J. Bourginon f. 1657 (u/lined) (on table, left) A precarious display of exotic delicacies and fine tableware resting on sumptuous draperies, this work communicates both visual delight and a mouth-watering anticipation of flavours to be sampled. Such paintings were desirable interior decorations for affluent Dutch me...

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Date created

circa 1676-1690

Creator

J Bourjinon

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https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/11783

Related subjects

still lifes / fruit bowls / fruit / cloth / leaf (plant material) / lobsters & crayfish / Painting

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