Mid-17th-Century Flemish School, Still Life With Grapes & Foliage On A Pewter Platter medium It’s a picture of rural

It’s a picture of rural bliss under a Summer sky - yet tinged with the realities of hardship for young working families

000 achieved for ‘Village covered in Snow

chest of drawers

who was trained by court artist

and gently warmed by radiant sunlight breaking through voluminous clouds

Mid-17th-Century Flemish School, Still Life With Grapes & Foliage On A Pewter Platter medium It’s a picture of ruralThis exquisite mid 17th century Flemish oil painting depicts a still life with an abundance of fruit and flora perched atop a pewter plate. Its a decadent array of natures finest. Within every 17th century still life, theres a suggestion of a deeper narrative and its intriguing to consider whether the artist is communicating at a secondary level. Here, the fruit is so bountiful that its overwhelming the platter, as if in a state of unbridled