Wineglass and a Bowl of Fruit (Q20735394)
Label from: English (en)
movement:
Dutch Golden Age painting (Q2352880)
genre:
still life (Q170571)
artist:
Willem Kalf (Q28144)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
owned by:
Frederick Mont (Q33315010)
location of final assembly:
Netherlands (Q55)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
RKDimages ID:
202337
catalog URL: http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1962.292
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: 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.
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