Garland of Fruit Surrounding a Cartouche Opening onto a Landscape
1650
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1650
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This painting shows a dark garland of ripe fruit and green leaves around a blank cartouche. Inside the cartouche is a tiny landscape with rolling hills and a distant castle. The fruit looks so real you can almost smell it. This trick is called *glazing*. Artists add thin, see-through layers of paint to build rich colors and depth. Gillemans often worked in the style of Jan Davidsz. de Heem.
