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Still life with fruit a nest and a lizard: 1710: Private collection: New York City Flowers in a glass vase with a dragonfly, on a marble slab: 1710: B 407: Schloss Fasanerie: Eichenzell, Fulda Flowers in a glass vase on a marble slab: ca. 1710: 77.5 cm x 62.3 cm: 1899.1.26: The Wilson: Cheltenham Still life of fruits, animals and insects on a ...
Balthasar van der Ast (Middelburg, 1593/94 – Delft, 7 March 1657) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in still lifes of flowers and fruit, as well as painting a number of remarkable shell still lifes; he is considered to be a pioneer in the genre of shell painting. His still lifes often contain insects and lizards.
A pendant to this painting is unknown. Various attempts have been made to "read" her paintings in terms of the plants and insects shown in them, but generally they were simply treasured for their beauty and "cleverness". [1] In this painting there are several botanically correct plants, with various insects on them.
Van Kessel put greater emphasis on composition and aesthetic without abandoning an accurate depiction of the individual creature in question. An example of this approach is the work A still life study of insects on a sprig of rosemary with butterflies, a bumble bee, beetles and other insects (Sotheby's 10 November 2014, New York, lot 31). In ...
Insects have found uses in art, as in other aspects of culture, both symbolically and physically, from ancient times. Artforms include the direct usage of beetlewing ( elytra ) in paintings, textiles, and jewellery, as well as the representation of insects in fine arts such as paintings and sculpture.
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Rachel Ruysch (3 June 1664 – 12 October 1750) [1] was a Dutch still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands.She specialized in flowers, inventing her own style and achieving international fame in her lifetime.
Van Huysum's work determined the "main trends in flower paintings for sixty to eighty years after his death." [14]Fruit and flower artists whose work is described as inspired by or analogous to that of Jan van Huysum: Jacob van Huysum (his brother), Justus van Huysum (his father), Pieter Faes, Wybrand Hendriks, Paul Theodore van Brussel, Jacobus Linthorst, Jan van Os, George Jacob Jan van Os ...