1607
oil
panel
From the collection of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Dominant colour
A Crystal Fruit Stand with Peaches, Quinces, and Jasmine Flowers is a 1607 oil by Fede Galizia, a Early Baroque Italian work, depicting Flower, held at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
This painting showcases a crystal fruit stand overflowing with peaches, quinces, and jasmine flowers. The stand sits on a table, accompanied by three green quinces to the left and a halved peach to the right. A few white jasmine flowers are scattered around the arrangement. The fruit stand is the central focus of the painting, with the peaches and quinces artfully arranged to create a sense of abundance. The jasmine flowers add a delicate touch to the composition. The use of chiaroscuro in this painting creates a sense of depth and dimensionality, drawing the viewer's eye to the fruit stand. Next, explore more works by artist Fede Galizia.
Fede Galizia (c. 1578 – c. 1630) was an Italian painter of still-lifes, portraits, and religious pictures. She is especially noted as a painter of still-lifes of fruit, a genre in which she was one of the earliest…
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