Dutch School Still Life With Vase, Apples, Oranges And Lemons

Dutch School Still Life With Vase, Apples, Oranges And LemonsA fine Dutch still life depicting several apples, oranges and lemons atop an oriental style cloth on a table. Its beautifully rendered with the artist paying particular attention to the light as it falls on each piece of fruit. Dutch painters have a great heritage for creating beautiful still lifes and this artist has clearly been inspired by their forebears. An inscription on the reverse refers to M De Haas. Medium Oil on canvas Size 19 x 17 50cm x

Perhaps the artist is trying to convey her vivacious character

It’s thickly woven and almost leathery in appearance

by the time he commissioned Gainsborough to paint this piece

Hellgrewe studied at the Berlin Art Academy and he’s primarily known for the work he produced while travelling through East Africa

A detailed interior scene with a hand-painted trunk

Practically every surface is covered in ornate details and intricate craftsmanship

It’s certainly from the same period

the in-painting appears to be minimal

as each of the objects on the table could be symbolic - for example

Carl August Gosch was a pupil at the academy in Berlin

During the early 1900s

A few streaks towards the bottom right which may be related to the varnish