Still Life of Flowers, Fruit, Shells, and Insects

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Artist : Balthasar van der Ast (1593/1594–1657)

Title : Still Life of Flowers, Fruit, Shells, and Insects

Object type: painting

Genre: still life

Year : 1629

Medium : oil on oak wood

Dimensions : Height: 17 in (43.1 cm); Width: 29 in (73.6 cm)

Place: Birmingham Museum of Art

Van der Ast was taught by his brother-in-law, the noted still-life painter Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573–1621). Like his mentor, Van der Ast created symmetrical compositions from meticulous preparatory drawings or watercolor studies made from a life of blooming flowers, ripe fruits, and exotic shells—elements the artist was then able to merge and remerge, in his paintings without needing to have the live objects in front of him. After leaving from his teacher’s penchant for crisp and vivid compositions, Van der Ast softened his contours, used more muted colors, and selectively highlighted the central core of his still life. He strengthens the dramatic effect by bringing his forms close to the picture plane and by compressing the space between the various elements. Van der Ast further enlivened the flower arrangement here with a dragonfly and a hermit crab emerging from its shell.

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