Still Life with Fruit, Glassware, and a Wanli Bowl 1659 Willem Kalf Dutch The Chinese porcelain bowl and Turkish carpet in this still life would both have been luxurious imports, here nonchalantly placed with wine and fruit on a wooden table. The bowl, a lemon peel spilling over its lip, balances on a piece of bread, animating the static arrangement of the objects. According to Gerard de Lairesse, a painter and writer of the next generation, Kalf "surpassed others in still life," although "he knew how to explain his images, why he depicted this or that, but simply [painted] whatever to
Still Life with Fruit, Glassware, and a Wanli Bowl 1659 Willem Kalf Dutch The Chinese porcelain bowl and Turkish carpet in this still life would both have been luxurious imports, here nonchalantly placed with wine and fruit on a wooden table. The bowl, a lemon peel spilling over its lip, balances on a piece of bread, animating the static arrangement of the objects. According to Gerard de Lairesse, a painter and writer of the next generation, Kalf "surpassed others in still life," although "he knew how to explain his images, why he depicted this or that, but simply [painted] whatever took his fancy.". Still Life with Fruit, Glassware, and a Wanli Bowl 436805
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