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

Festoon with Fruit and Flowers

1650s
Oil on canvas, 70 x 56 cm
Private collection

The painting depicts a festoon of grapes, a peach, oranges, cherries, red peppers, blackberries and medlars, together with pea pods, morning glory and two woodsnails, all tied together with a blue ribbon and hanging from a nail.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 7 minutes):
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, ballet suite, op. 71, Waltz of the Flowers