Netherlands / 1663
Wineglass and a Bowl of Fruit
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Wineglass and a Bowl of Fruit as painting (Netherlands · 1663).
Willem Kalf was the most accomplished proponent of the pronkstilleven , a Dutch term meaning "ostentatious still life."
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on canvas and credits Willem Kalf (Dutch, 1619–1693).
The museum's collection notes: Priceless objects crowd the corner of a stone table in Kalf's composition. Pieces like the silver platter, delicate glasswares, thick rumpled carpet, and a Chinese porcelain bowl with peaches and an orange not only represented the great wealth and global reach of the Dutch trading empire, but were also a way for the artist to demonstrate his skill in recreating various surface textures. Kalf used different kinds of highlights to render reflections—quick dots, lines, and dabs of paint—creating sparkling, twinkling light effects that subtly distinguish objects from the surrounding shadows. In 1797, the German poet Johann van Goethe wrote that K
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