# Plate of Figs [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GARZONI, Giovanna]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Bodycolour on vellum, laid on board, 240 x 350 mm ## Commentary This picture can be related to the series of "Twenty Small Paintings on Vellum" with miniatures of fruit, now housed in the Galleria Palatina in Florence. The paintings in this series are distinguished by the predominant choice of only one type of fruit or vegetable. The present work is a reproduction of a painting in the Florentine series with minimal variations. Garzoni frequently reproduced her own miniatures for various patrons. ## Related artworks - [Bitch]() - [Bowl with Plums]() - [Branch of Dittany with Four Hazelnuts and Two Pears]() - [China Bowl with Figs, a Bird, and Cherries]() - [Chinese Porcelain Plate with Cherries]() - [Chinese Vase with Flowers, a Fig, and a Bean]() - [Figs]() - [Hyacinth with Four Cherries, a Lizard, and an Artichoke]() - [Mandrake]() - [Plate of Peas]() - [Portrait of Carlo Emanuele I, Duke of Savoy]() - [Ranunculus with Two Almonds and a Hymenopteran]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()