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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
