HEEM, Cornelis de
(b. 1631, Leiden, d. 1695, Antwerpen)

Still-Life with Flowers and Fruit

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Oil on canvas, 55,8 x 73,5 cm
Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent

This still-life represents a masterly display of technical ability placed in the service of a poetic and melancholy reflection on nature. De Heem was a Dutchman who worked in Antwerp with his father, Jan Davidszoon de Heem.