Full Record |
| Title |
Still Life: Herring, Cherries and Glassware |
| Alternative Title |
Still life |
| Collection |
Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum |
| Artist |
Aelst, Willem van (Dutch still life painter, 1627-after 1687) |
| Date |
1680 (dated) |
| Signed |
yes |
| Description |
In right foreground, a table draped with cloth. A circular platter on the tabletop bears a gutted and sliced herring and a bread roll. To left are seen some spring onions, also some red cherries with green leaves. Behind are two wine glasses, a Venetian-style glass centrally and, to the left, a roemer. |
| Current Accession Number |
307 |
| Former Accession Number |
3 (1893) |
| Inscription |
front ll 'Guillmo Van Aelst 1680' |
| Subject |
still life |
| Measurements |
50.2 x 42.5 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Bequeathed by Mrs Cecilia Douglas of Orbiston 1862. |
| Principal Exhibitions |
Paintings from the Glasgow Art Gallery, Wildenstein, London, 1980, cat. no. 1; Still-Life in the Age of Rembrandt, Auckland, 1982, cat. no. 6. |
| Publications |
Hofstede de Groot, C., 'Hollandsche Kunst in Schotland', Oud Holland, 11, 1893, p.136, no. 3; Kay, A., Treasure Trove in Art, 1939, p. 4; Miles, H., Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Glasgow Art Gallery, Glasgow, 1961, I, p. 9, no. 307, II, p. 31; Wright, C. (ed.), Dutch Painting in the Seventeenth Century: Images of a Golden Age in British Collections, Birmingham, 1989, p. 163. |
| Notes |
A reworking by van Aelst of compositions first developed in the late 1650s. |
| Rights Owner |
Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) |
| Author |
Robert Wenley |
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