Still Life with Fruit, Fish, and a Nest, c. 1675


Adriaen Coorte, 1697
Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-1683/4)
Can I only keep only posting about what I get at the famers market? I may have to start a whole new blog just for this...but the haul yesterday..it was lavish..it was decadent! If we had had some kind of out-of-season feathered fowl and a gaggle of bright-eyed herring hanging over the edge of the table, a Dutch Master could have come in and painted the whole overflowing bounty, a commentary on our overly-fruitful existence, a call for moderation, a reminder that life is fleeting...




