Fruit and a Glass of Wine Willem van Aelst

Fruit and a Glass of Wine
Willem van Aelst
From the collection of
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
In this masterly still life, Willem van Aelst, a Dutch painter of floral and hunting still lifes, uses the glass rummer to reflect his image and the windows of his atelier. Green vine leaves fade to blue as time passes. From the collection of the Belgian physician and mineralogist François-Xavier de Burtin (1743 - 1818).
Details
Title: Fruit and a Glass of Wine
Creator: Willem van Aelst
Location: (Delft 1627 - Amsterdam 1683/84)

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Antwerpen, Belgium

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp is going through some major changes. The museum is due to open its doors in 2019 after a renovation that started in 2011. We are currently working very hard. On the building and on a brand new museum story. On-site and online. During the renovation works you can see parts of the museum collection at various host venues.

Willem van Aelst
May 16, 1627 - 1683

Willem van Aelst was a Dutch Golden Age artist who specialized in still-life painting with flowers or game.
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