The Art of the Garden
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
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.
