17th-Century Provincial Flemish Still Life With Fruit, Cat, Dog & Flowers

17th-Century Provincial Flemish Still Life With Fruit, Cat, Dog & FlowersThis fabulous late 17th century Flemish still life depicts a plethora of fruit, basket of flowers, cat, dog, cushion and juices. Produced in around 1690, bounteous still lifes of this nature served a dual purpose. Firstly, they demonstrated the owners abundant wealth via the display of exotic imported wares and secondly, they conveyed a deeper meaning via hidden symbolic references. Theres a remarkable selection of fruit on display here including red

This is the artist’s home - on the far wall

But this Monday changed everything

Condition: Areas of foxing

simply capture nature’s irresistible beauty at its finest hour

The painting is housed within an attractive later frame with foliate corners and a decorative inner border

Skovgaard (1817-1875)

While towards the muddied banks

Trawlers battered by rolling waves

He subsequently gained a reputation as a noteworthy orientalist painter

It was a reaction to the restrictive nature of Victorian society - a visual explosion against the starched collars of rigid expectations

This beautiful 18th-century portrait depicts an elegant lady dressed in a low-necked gown with her hair tied up in a knot

the scene is bleak with scraps of food and broken pots