1622
oil
canvas
From the collection of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The Hesperides Filling the Cornucopia is a 1622 oil by Cornelis van Haarlem, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
This painting shows a group of people in a forest, gathered around a large horn-shaped object. They're all naked, except for a few who are wearing cloths. Some are holding baskets of fruit, and there are apples scattered on the ground. The people are all looking at each other, and some are reaching out to touch the fruit. The background is dark, but you can see a bit of sky through the trees. The painting is very detailed, and you can see the texture of the fruit and the folds of the cloths. The colors are muted, with lots of browns and greens. It's a very naturalistic painting, but it's also very formal and composed. If you're interested in learning more about this style of painting, you might want to check out the work of Cornelis van Haarlem.
Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (Dutch: ; 1562 – 11 November 1638) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman, one of the leading Northern Mannerist artists in the Netherlands, and an important forerunner of Frans Hals as a portraitist.
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