Frans Van Everbroeck (around 1638 - 1676/1693), Still Life

Frans van Everbroeck
Flemish painter
Probably Antwerp, circa 1638 – 1676/1693, London or Antwerp?
A monumental fruit and flower still life
Oil on canvas : 116,5 X 106,3 cm
Signed at the bottom towards the left “F.VAN.EVER BROECK”
Frame : 134,7 X 124,0 cm

Frans van Everbroeck, who had been a pupil in Antwerp of Joris van Son (1623 – 1667), specialised in fruit and in flower still lifes: deceptive representations of garlands round a central cartouche or individual swags. At the end of his career van Everbroeck left his hometown Antwerp for London.

This is our painter’s absolute masterpiece. At last he did not limit himself either to a single garland or to a set of them grouped around a central motif. The complete surface of the composition is filled with the most magnificently painted distribution of fruits, flowers, corn cobs, leaves, set against a ruined Classical wall.

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