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Still Life with Flowers, Ham, Game, Shellfish and Fruit, 1647

  • oil paint, panel
  • 56 x 82 cm
  • Inv. 1929-A

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Alexander Adriaenssen was a contemporary and friend of Rubens. He was widely appreciated as a fine still life painter. This showcase still life is signed and dated 1647 on the bottom left of the table leg. It is one of the master’s most opulent compositions. The clear colour harmonies and the subtle play of light on the food, glass and silver are quite remarkable. The elegant wineglass with its high, ornate stem next to the earthenware jug is a piece of Venetian glassware. The decorative cup featured in the painting is a German columbine cup.

Artist

Alexander Adriaenssen RKD Wikidata
Antwerp 1587 - Antwerp 1661
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Title Still Life with Flowers, Ham, Game, Shellfish and Fruit
Date 1647
Period 17th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signature and year bottom left: Alex Adrieanssen fecit A° 1647
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Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1929-A
Acquisition credit gift
The Friends of the Museum
Ghent
1929
Current whereabouts Work on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1929-A
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/1135/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015638 still lifes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 25F716(CRAB) crustaceans: crab Iconclass
25F716(SHRIMP) crustaceans (SHRIMP) Iconclass
25G(+32) plants; vegetation (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming) Iconclass
25G21(CHERRY) fruits: cherry Iconclass
25G21(GRAPE) fruits (GRAPE) Iconclass
25G21(LEMON) fruits: lemon Iconclass
25G21(PLUM) fruits: plum Iconclass
25G41(ROSE) flowers: rose Iconclass
34B232 fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.) Iconclass
41A6711 flowers in a vase Iconclass
41A7711(+1) container of precious metal (+ metal) Iconclass
41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass
41A774 container of glass: bottle, jar, vase Iconclass
41C31 table-ware Iconclass
41C311 table-knife Iconclass
41C322 mug, beaker, goblet Iconclass
41C323 glass, rummer Iconclass
41C326 jar, jug (used as drinking-vessel) Iconclass
41C37 table-cloth Iconclass
41C38 laid table as still life Iconclass
41C6 foodstuffs; still life of foodstuffs Iconclass
41C621 bread, loaf Iconclass
41C694 ham Iconclass
41C711 wine ~ alcoholic drinks Iconclass
41C7111 glass of wine Iconclass
41E still life of miscellaneous objects Iconclass
41E1 still life of related objects Iconclass
51D42 Splendour Iconclass
School / Style Baroque AAT
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