A Fruit Still Life With A Wicker Basket Shells And A Butterfly Wall Art

Among Balthasar van der Ast's celebrated works, "A Fruit Still Life With A Wicker Basket Shells And A Butterfly" (1593) offers an iconic moment in the history of Renaissance Still Life. The work's Brown palette evokes a contemplative mood. Balthasar van der Ast was a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in still lifes of flowers and fruit, as well as painting a number of remarkable shell still lifes; he is considered to be a pioneer in the genre of shell painting. Reproduced with archival precision, this print preserves every detail of the original.