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Simon Verelst (1644-1721)
A Bunch of Grapes 1670-75?
Oil on canvas | 46.2 x 35.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405506
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Verelst was a Dutch flower painter who came to London in 1669; this exquisite still life was probably painted a year or so later and shows the artist at the height of his powers. He was later persuaded to become a court portraitist.
Provenance
Probably painted for Charles II; recorded in store at Whitehall in 1688 (no 361); in the Queen's Closet at Windsor Castle in 1710 (no 102), 1720 and 1733; probably in Queen Mary's Work Closet at Hampton Court in 1819; certainly in the Queen's Gallery at Hampton Court in 1861 (no 414)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
46.2 x 35.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
57.0 x 46.9 x 4.8 cm (frame, external)
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Alternative title(s)
Still life with a vine and a bunch of grapes
Featured in
ExhibitionPainting Paradise: The Art of the Garden: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
This exhibition draws on oil paintings, works on paper, books, manuscripts and decorative arts from the Royal Collection to explore the way in which the garden inspired artists and craftsmen between 1500 and 1900.
