Fruit and Corn hanging by a Ribbon
Joris van Son (Antwerp 1623 - 1667)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1654 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
546 x 419 mm (21 1/2 x 16 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Antwerp
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257107
Caption
Joris van Son’s still-lifes almost always include fruit, of which some is often imported and exotic. The items depicted here – in particular, the pears, grapes and corn – all have a distinctly autumnal feel, perhaps with the exception of the late-season strawberries. The fruit and vegetables are suspended by a blue ribbon and are set within a fictive architectural niche, which serves to contain and highlight the arrangement. The high level of realism (note the veins in the ivy and the judicious highlights on the shiny exoskeleton of the beetle) disguises and compensates for the underlying artifice of the composition. This painting was recorded at Kingston Lacy as early as 1659 and was bought for as little as £3.10s. Signed and dated 1654
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Fruit and Corn hanging by a Ribbon by Joris van Son (Antwerp 1623-1667), signed and dated, 1654. Grapes, apples, corn and strawberries hanging by a blue ribbon, cherries lie on a table-top beneath.
Provenance
In the collection of (Sir) Ralph Bankes at Gray's Inn in 1659; bequeathed by Ralph Bankes, 1981
Credit line
Kingston Lacy, The Bankes Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
JORIS VANSON / 1622-1667 (painted in black on fixed gilt label, centred under image)
Makers and roles
Joris van Son (Antwerp 1623 - 1667), artist
