# Still-Life with Apple Blossoms

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99/still-life-with-apple-blossoms-ra0f28dc69d8430>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [AST, Balthasar van der](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on oak, 22 x 39 cm

## Commentary

Still-life paintings were popular in Dutch art and began to emerge as a genre in their own right during the 16th century. Despite their popularity with the general public, art academies of the period did not regard them as highly as landscape or religious paintings.

## Related artworks

- [Basket of Fruits](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99/basket-of-fruits-rd495d026226ce7>)
- [Bouquet of Flowers \(deetail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99/bouquet-of-flowers-deetail-rfc509a9334200b>)
- [Bouquet of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99/bouquet-of-flowers-r7fe0a068311ec2>)
- [Flower Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99/flower-still-life-r7dc346aaa4afaa>)
- [Flower Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99/flower-still-life-r929c2563d40f8d>)
- [Flower Still-Life with Shell and Insects](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99/flower-still-life-with-shell-and-insects-rc0c34fbeb757d1>)
- [Flowers and Fruit](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99/flowers-and-fruit-rb5a2194ad10480>)
- [Flowers in a Vase with Shells and Insects](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99/flowers-in-a-vase-with-shells-and-insects-r289f5d25944257>)
- [Lizard and Shell](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99/lizard-and-shell-r146370341f7158>)
- [Plate with Fruits and Shells](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99/plate-with-fruits-and-shells-r93dffd867c7bdc>)
- [Still-Life of Flowers, Shells, and Insects](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99/still-life-of-flowers-shells-and-insects-r1ca1344b7addeb>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99/still-life-r1ad03d396c40be>)

## Attribution

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