# Fruit Still-Life

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## Artwork

- Artist: [AELST, Willem van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aelst-willem-van-re6b0e5a6732583>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 58 x 47 cm

## Commentary

Van Aelst painted fruit still-lifes for the Medici family in Italy and from 1659 onwards had begun to specifically focus on painting various arrangements of grapes and peaches, such as the present work which depicts peaches, chestnuts and grapes in an overturned basket resting on a partially draped marble ledge.

## Related artworks

- [Breakfast Piece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aelst-willem-van-re6b0e5a6732583/breakfast-piece-r43702f25583e3c>)
- [Flower Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aelst-willem-van-re6b0e5a6732583/flower-still-life-r7ae92f35a4710a>)
- [Hunting Still-Life \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aelst-willem-van-re6b0e5a6732583/hunting-still-life-detail-r7970830b908ae0>)
- [Hunting Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aelst-willem-van-re6b0e5a6732583/hunting-still-life-r59c75c04c5f390>)
- [Still-Life of Dead Birds and Hunting Weapons](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aelst-willem-van-re6b0e5a6732583/still-life-of-dead-birds-and-hunting-weapons-rf83e190f9bd945>)
- [Still-Life of Fruit](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aelst-willem-van-re6b0e5a6732583/still-life-of-fruit-r9b74e808d57250>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aelst-willem-van-re6b0e5a6732583/still-life-r07cf3f207bca41>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aelst-willem-van-re6b0e5a6732583/still-life-rc522d3e340f28f>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aelst-willem-van-re6b0e5a6732583/still-life-rfeeabaed5092de>)
- [Still-Life with a Basket of Fruit on a Marble Ledge](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aelst-willem-van-re6b0e5a6732583/still-life-with-a-basket-of-fruit-on-a-marble-ledge-r2c907f6cb3af84>)
- [Still-Life with Armour](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aelst-willem-van-re6b0e5a6732583/still-life-with-armour-r1958cfce213c84>)
- [Still-Life with Fruit and a Crystal Vase](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aelst-willem-van-re6b0e5a6732583/still-life-with-fruit-and-a-crystal-vase-r66c11d49f34f17>)

## Attribution

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