Still-Life with a Basket of Fruit on a Marble Ledge by Willem van Aelst

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Still-Life with a Basket of Fruit on a Marble Ledge by Willem van Aelst

Painting NameStill-Life with a Basket of Fruit on a Marble Ledge
Painter NameWillem van Aelst
Completion Date1650
Size38 x 50 cm
TechniqueOil
MaterialCanvas
Current LocationPrivate collection

Van Aelst painted this still-life (signed and dated lower right) in 1650, the year in which he entered the service of Ferdinand II de’Medici, grand duke of Toscany, and of his brother, Cardinal Carlo de’Medici. It is possible, that this painting was executed for the cardinal, who was the artist’s main patron in Florence.

In this still-life Van AElst continues the tradition of fruit and flower painting that flourished in Delft from the early 1630s onward with the work of Balthasar van der Ast, Gillis de Bergh, and Evert van Aelst, Willem’s uncle.


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