Still Life with Fruit and Sweetmeats, 1635 – 1637

Title

Still Life with Fruit and Sweetmeats

Painter

• Georg Flegel

Production Place

• Frankfurt am Main

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on beech

Material

• beech (wood)

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert auf der Messerklinge mit liegender Krone und „GF“ [versetzt verschlungen, liegend]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1954

Genre

• still life

Main Motif

• confectionery
• progeny
• dinnerware

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Jan Davidsz. de Heem

Primary

• 41C38 laid table as still life
• 41C6 foodstuffs; still life of foodstuffs
• 41C653(+61) fruit (+ dried, candied foodstuffs)
• 41C637 sugar-coated

Secondary

• 25G21(APPLE) fruits: apple
• 25G21(APRICOT) fruits (APRICOT)
• 25G21(PEAR) fruits: pear
• 25G21(CHERRY) fruits: cherry
• 25G21(ORANGE) fruits: orange
• 25G21(PLUM) fruits: plum
• 41C6222 biscuits
• 41C341 dish, plate, saucer
• 41C323 glass, rummer
• 41C311 table-knife
• 25D11 precious and semiprecious stones