Spirituality in stillness The 17th Century saw still-life painting flourish and divide into many different sub-genres including fruit and vegetable studies, meal still-lifes and vanitas painting.

The full title of the painting by Clara Peeters ... Sotheby's For nearly 100 years, a still life by Flemish painter Clara Peeters, a forgotten 17th-century master, hung in a private collection ...

A feast of these works, dating from 1760 to 1774, can be savored at the National Gallery of Art where a small exhibition makes a strong case for Melendez as a master of the still life. His ...

I was convinced it was from the 17th century — and that it would become part of my permanent collection. It was affordable even for a 19th-century work of art, still the dealer gave me a reduced ...

The idea for Still Life came to London in the middle of the night — he was feeding his newborn daughter and staring at a book with a fine art print on the cover. "It was a 17th century Dutch ...

The Texas museum was the underbidder on “The Cut Melon” last June at Christie's, but was ultimately able to acquire it ...

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The Kimbell Art Museum’s yearslong quest to own a still-life painting by Jean Siméon Chardin has come to an end. The Cut Melon, a rare oval-shaped piece from the 18th-century French artist, has been ...

“Rose with Insects” takes its name from Osias Beert’s Still life of roses in a lacquer and ... of honey is a nod to the fading roses in the painting, while the hints of cade and birch ...