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Still Life with Youth

around 1650 | Jan Fyt

In his large-format, resplendent still lifes, Jan Fyt lifts the genre that from the outset found its models in the surroundings of the market and the kitchen, into the sphere of the courtly. Palatial architecture and park landscape, musical instruments, a peacock and valuable vases all set the tone of the picture. The figure of the youth possibly derives from Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert.

In his large-format, resplendent still lifes, Jan Fyt lifts the genre that from the outset found its models in the surroundings of the market and the kitchen, into the sphere of the courtly. Palatial architecture and park landscape, musical instruments, a peacock and valuable vases all set the tone of the picture. The figure of the youth possibly derives from Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert.

Artist:
Jan Fyt (1611 - 1661 Antwerpen) DNB

Attributed to:
Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert (Knabe) (1613/1614 Bergen-op-Zoom - 1654 Antwerpen) DNB

previously attributed to:
Jan Erasmus Quellinus (Knabe) ? (1634 Antwerpen - 1715 Mecheln) DNB

Time:
around 1650

Object Name
Painting

Culture
Flemish

Material/technology:
Canvas

Dimensions:
174 cm × 225 cm
Framed (gallery frame): 189 cm × 272 cm × 7,5 cm

Signed
Inscribed at the bottom left of the music book: Ioannes. Fyt. F.

Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie

Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 389

Provenance
1783 in the gallery documented

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