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Still life with a basket of fruit
Judith Leyster1635 - 1640
The Kremer Collection
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This is the only extant still life by the Haarlem painter Judith Leyster and as such it stands out within her small oeuvre. A superb seventeenth-century artist, Leyster is one of the few women painters from her time whose fame has endured to the present day.
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- Title: Still life with a basket of fruit
- Creator: Judith Leyster
- Creator Lifespan: 1609 - 1660
- Creator Nationality: Dutch
- Creator Gender: Female
- Creator Death Place: Heemstede
- Creator Birth Place: Haarlem
- Date Created: 1635 - 1640
- Signed: Monogrammed at right on the wall: JL * (JL in ligature)
- Physical Dimensions: w62.5 x h68 cm (without frame)
- Painter: Judith Leyster
- Collector's note:: This work is totally different from still lifes by her famous Haarlem contemporaries, Heda and Claesz, and shows Leyster's originality and independence
- Type: Canvas
- Rights: http://www.thekremercollection.com/disclaimer/
- External Link: The Kremer Collection website
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