Rijksmuseum

Still Life with Asparagus

Date

1697

Medium

panel, paper, oil paint (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Coorte produced mostly small, intimate still lifes. Through their simple subjects – asparagus or berries – these modest paintings stand out in stark contrast to the sumptuous still lifes that were in fashion at the time. While the aim of those works was to present a superabundance of costly objects and foodstuffs, here attention is focused on the refined rendering of a single vegetable.

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