Fruit still life – Hendrina Sollewijn, 1783-1863

Late summer still life of fruit, watercolour by Hendrina Alida Sollewijn (1783-1863). Signed in the bottom left corner “H:A: Sollewijn fecit.” Size: 40 x 29.5 cm.

Hendrina Sollewijn from the Dutch town of Haarlem was, according to a 19th century source, a “meritorious painter of flowers and fruits. Every day she has the best opportunity to practice in the surroundings of her hometown, by drawing flowers and plants”.

On a marble tabletop, a basket of fruit is displayed. The composition includes a grapevine with leaves, two types of grapes, peaches with a fly on top, a sliced-open pumpkin, raspberries, bindweeds, grass with ripe seeds, a dahlia, an anemone(?), and a butterfly. Vaguely in the background, there are trees still with their leaves. Autumn is approaching.

Price: Euro 1.250,- (incl. frame)