Shop art print and framed art La tourte au cassis by Willem Claesz Heda
Subjects : Food, Still life
Keywords : Scorpio, brown, crockery, dessert, glass, sign of the zodiac, still life, table, tablecloth
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La tourte au cassis OF Willem Claesz Heda
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La tourte au cassis
The Blackcurrant Pie is a 1641 still life painting by the Dutch artist Willem Claesz. Heda. It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 1745.
The painting is representative of the mature Heda's style. The setting and the objects reappear with variants in several of Heda's paintings of that period (see below). The Blackcurrant Pie does not simply depict a still life with a great emphasis on texture and reflections, but also expresses the transience of all things (the lemon is peeled and cut in half, the rummer is half empty, the pie is partly eaten); it serves as an [...]
This artwork is a painting from the classical period. It belongs to the baroque style.
« La tourte au cassis » is kept at Musee des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg, France.
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