Francesco Ranucci Still Life ca. 1630 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
Louise Moillon Basket of Peaches and Grapes 1631 oil on panel Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe |
attributed to Paul Liégeois Still Life with Fruit ca. 1650 oil on canvas Musée des Augustins de Toulouse |
Joris van Son (fruit) and Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (portraits) Two Children within a Garland of Fruit 1657 oil on canvas Národní Galerie, Prague |
Jacob Fopsen van Es Still Life with Grapes and Walnut before 1666 oil on copper Národní Galerie, Prague |
Rachel Ruysch Garland with Flowers and Fruit 1682 oil on canvas Národní Galerie, Prague |
Cristoforo Munari Still Life ca. 1720 oil on canvas Galleria Nazionale di Parma |
attributed to Aert Schouman Apricots and Plums ca. 1750 watercolor Morgan Library, New York |
William Hough Plums ca. 1870 watercolor and gouache on paper Rhode Island School of Design, Providence |
Paul Cézanne Still Life ca. 1883-87 oil on canvas Neue Pinakothek, Munich |
Albert Francis King Still Life with Oranges ca. 1885 oil on canvas John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota |
Gabriele Münter Fruit and Flowers 1909 oil on cardboard Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
Chris van der Windt Still Life ca. 1910 oil on canvas Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden |
Morton Schamberg Fruit Bowl 1917 drawing Rhode Island School of Design, Providence |
Floris Verster Chinese Bowl and Apples 1926 oil on canvas Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden |
Helene Schjerfbeck Green Apples and Champagne Glass 1934 oil on canvas Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki |
from My House
An ancient bridge, and a more ancient tower,
A farmhouse that is sheltered by its wall,
An acre of stony ground,
Where the symbolic rose can break in flower,
Old ragged elms, old thorns innumerable,
The sound of the rain or sound
Of every wind that blows;
The stilted water-hen
Crossing stream again
Scared by the splashing of a dozen cows;
A winding stair, a chamber arched with stone,
A grey stone fireplace with an open hearth,
A candle and written page.
An acre of stony ground,
Where the symbolic rose can break in flower,
Old ragged elms, old thorns innumerable,
The sound of the rain or sound
Of every wind that blows;
The stilted water-hen
Crossing stream again
Scared by the splashing of a dozen cows;
A winding stair, a chamber arched with stone,
A grey stone fireplace with an open hearth,
A candle and written page.
– W.B. Yeats, from Meditations in Time of Civil War (1923)