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

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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

Dateabout 1660-1680

Dimensions19 3/4 x 17 1/16 in. (502 x 434 mm)

MediumEtching

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Jefferson D. Robinson in memory of his wife, Mary Elizabeth, by exchange

Object number

2009.346

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Exhibition HistoryTMA, The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century, February 25 - July 31, 2011.

TMA, Paper Roses: Garden-Inspired Works on Paper. Feb. 21-May 18, 2014.

Label TextThis 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.