Still Life with a Basket of Plums and Peaches with a Cut Melon

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This still life, with a basket of plums, figs and peaches, on a stone ledge with a cantaloupe melon, is signed and dated 1635.

Linard was one of the prime exponents of French still-life paintings and his works show the influence of both Italian and Netherlandish prototypes. This painting, however, is distinctly French in its economy and elegance of composition. After Linard's death and the foundation of the Academie Royale (of Painting and Sculpture) in 1648, still-life painting suffered a demise in France as its unpretentious subject matter was considered inferior to historical and mythological themes.

The painting was bought by Charles Paget Wade and sits happily in Snowshill Manor with the vast collection of craftmanship and curios he acquired.

National Trust, Snowshill Manor

near Broadway

Title

Still Life with a Basket of Plums and Peaches with a Cut Melon

Date

1635

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 52 x W 62 cm

Accession number

1336243

Acquisition method

gift from Charles Paget Wade along with Snowshill Manor, 1951

Work type

Painting

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