As a nobleman, this Ghent flower and animal painter was not a member of the painters’ guild. For his technique, he was indebted to Jan Fijt who, after travelling through Italy, introduced a warmer earth-coloured palette, as well as powerful impasto paintwork and strong contrasts, into the Flemish still life tradition. This Italianate way of working became the dominant style in Flanders during the second half of the seventeenth century. In this still life, peaches, grapes, pomegranates, pears and plums are arranged on a rock at the foot of a dark landscape. Frans Van Cuyck’s brushwork is here more subdued than that of Fijt. This brings him, despite the smoother, more conservative finish, closer to the work of Pieter Boel.
| Artist |
Frans van Cuyck de Myerhop
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| Title | Still Life with Fruit |
| Period | 17th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) centre below: MYERHOP. F |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1923-N |
| Acquisition credit |
long-term loan
OCMW 1923 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1923-N |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3807/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015638 still lifes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25G21
fruits
Iconclass
41C653 fruit Iconclass 41E1 still life of related objects Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 102) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 78-79 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
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