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Corbeille de fleurs: tubéreuse, oeillets, grenades, jasmin, grenadille ou fleurs de la Passion. (Basket of Flowers: Tuberose, Eyelets, Grenades, Jasmine, Grenadillo or Passion Flowers) from the series Les grandes corbeilles en hauteur
Artist: Jean Baptiste Monnoyer (French, 1636 - 1699)
Date: about 1660-1680
Dimensions:
19 3/4 x 17 1/16 in. (502 x 434 mm)
Medium: Etching
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Jefferson D. Robinson in memory of his wife, Mary Elizabeth, by exchange
Object number: 2009.346
Label Text:This etching of a basket of flower contains representations of tuberoses, passion flowers, jasmine, carnations, and pomegranate blossoms. While examples of still lifes exist from the time of the Greeks and Romans, they reemerged with new vigor in the 1590s and remained very popular in the 17th century. They were easily understood and familiar and reflected the Baroque period’s taste for realism.
Before and during the Renaissance still lifes were filled with religious allegory and allusion. With the beginning of the Baroque period realistic paintings of plants and inanimate objects were valued in their own right. Caravaggio, one of the earliest Baroque artists, has been attributed with the popularization of the genre. He specialized in fruits and flowers early in his career and painted his subjects as true to nature as possible.
Before and during the Renaissance still lifes were filled with religious allegory and allusion. With the beginning of the Baroque period realistic paintings of plants and inanimate objects were valued in their own right. Caravaggio, one of the earliest Baroque artists, has been attributed with the popularization of the genre. He specialized in fruits and flowers early in his career and painted his subjects as true to nature as possible.
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