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Wood Still Life with Woman and Child

Isaac Vroomans (Delft 1655 - Delft 1719)


Wood Still Life with Woman and Child

Lot-No. 174


Oil/wood, 56 x 44 cm, indistinctly sign. lo. ri., min. rest. - Fred G. Meijer of the RKD, Amsterdam, kindly confirmed the authenticity of the artwork. - In a detailed abundance the artist depicts different leaves, blossoms a. fruits on a tree, additionally animated by a snail, butterflies a. a breeding bird. By locating it in the wood a. contrasting it tot the small figures in the background Vroomans deviates from the usual scheme of plant still lifes a. gives it a new, fascinating look. - Still life painter, son of the painter Pieter V., staging his plants a. small animals in a vespertine light the painter succeeds to draw dramatic effect from the actually largely motionless scenerie, by virtue of his abilities to depict insects, rodents a. reptiles he won himself the nickname "Slangenschilder". - Mus.: Amsterdam (Rijksmus.). - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Bernt.

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Isaac Vroomans: Wood Still Life with Woman and Child


Isaac Vroomans (Delft 1655 - Delft 1719)

Wood Still Life with Woman and Child

Lot-No. 174

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Oil/wood, 56 x 44 cm, indistinctly sign. lo. ri., min. rest. - Fred G. Meijer of the RKD, Amsterdam, kindly confirmed the authenticity of the artwork. - In a detailed abundance the artist depicts different leaves, blossoms a. fruits on a tree, additionally animated by a snail, butterflies a. a breeding bird. By locating it in the wood a. contrasting it tot the small figures in the background Vroomans deviates from the usual scheme of plant still lifes a. gives it a new, fascinating look. - Still life painter, son of the painter Pieter V., staging his plants a. small animals in a vespertine light the painter succeeds to draw dramatic effect from the actually largely motionless scenerie, by virtue of his abilities to depict insects, rodents a. reptiles he won himself the nickname "Slangenschilder". - Mus.: Amsterdam (Rijksmus.). - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Bernt.

Wood Still Life with Woman and Child
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