# Pronk Still-Life

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## Artwork

- Artist: [YKENS, Frans](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ykens-frans-r78bcddaa45ef2f>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 105 x 139 cm

## Commentary

Pronkstilleven \(Dutch for &#39;ostentatious&#39;, &#39;ornate&#39; or &#39;sumptuous&#39; still-life\) is a style of ornate still-life painting, which was developed in the 1640s in Antwerp from where it spread quickly to the Dutch Republic. Fancy pronk still-lifes feature imported fruits and expensive objects such as Chinese porcelain, Venetian glassware, and silver-gilt cups and trays, usually rendered in glistening light and a velvety atmosphere.

## Related artworks

- [Flower Garland around the Holy Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ykens-frans-r78bcddaa45ef2f/flower-garland-around-the-holy-family-r48428513b2ca45>)
- [Still-Life \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ykens-frans-r78bcddaa45ef2f/still-life-detail-rbde11881e66910>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ykens-frans-r78bcddaa45ef2f/still-life-r00750e0f55450f>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ykens-frans-r78bcddaa45ef2f/still-life-r1c7c50f9c43216>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ykens-frans-r78bcddaa45ef2f/still-life-r60a15847b8cc18>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ykens-frans-r78bcddaa45ef2f/still-life-r68c62f6c8b00c8>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ykens-frans-r78bcddaa45ef2f/still-life-rae0c515472b10c>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ykens-frans-r78bcddaa45ef2f/still-life-rde85b04bfbae53>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)