Still Life with Fruit
Jan Fyt (bap. Antwerp 1611 - Antwerp 1661)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1631 - 1661
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
610 x 749 mm (24 x 29 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 138283
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Still Life with Fruit by Jan Fyt (Antwerp 1611 – Antwerp 1661), signed: Joannes Fyt. A dead partridge is suspended from a wicker basket over-flowing with grapes and other fruit.
Provenance
Accepted in lieu of tax on the death of Admiral the Hon. Sir Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (1875-1964) in 1965, and transferred to the National Trust by HM Treasury, 1985
Credit line
Uppark, The Fetherstonhaugh Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
signed Joannes Fyt
Makers and roles
Jan Fyt (bap. Antwerp 1611 - Antwerp 1661), artist