# Still-Life of Apples, Pears and Figs in a Wicker Basket on a Stone Ledge [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PONCE, Antonio]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 44 x 64 cm ## Commentary Still-Life of Apples, Pears and Figs in a Wicker Basket on a Stone Ledge c. 1651 Oil on canvas, 44 x 64 cm Private collection The large dark vine leaves and fruit are back-lit and are sharply silhouetted against the luminous background, to quite dramatic effect. Ponce's use of this effect strongly indicates the indirect influence of <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/c/caravagg/02/14basket.html'\)" href="/html/c/caravagg/02/14basket.html">Caravaggio's Basket of Fruit</a> in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, almost 50 years after it was created. ## Related artworks - [Still-Life in the Kitchen]() - [Still-Life of Peaches and Grapes on a Stone Ledge]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life with Flowers, Artichokes and Fruit]() - [Vase of Flowers]() - [Vase of Flowers]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()