Detail View: The AMICA Library: Gooseberries on a Table
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1987.32
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Coorte, Adriaen
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Dutch
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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c. 1660 - aft 1707
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Adriaen Coorte
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Title:
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Gooseberries on a Table
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1701
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Creation Start Date:
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1701
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Creation End Date:
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1701
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Materials and Techniques:
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oil on paper mounted on wood
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Dimensions:
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Unframed: 29.7cm x 22.8cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1987.32
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Credit Line:
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Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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Inscriptions:
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Signed lower left: "A Coorte / 1701"
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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Auguste Coster (Brussels sale 1907). (P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1964). J. Oppenheimer, Sweden (1977). (S. Nystad, The Hague, and Waterman Gallery, Amsterdam).
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Context:
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Rather than depicting the expensive rarities seen in many 17th-century still lifes, Coorte chose humble gooseberries that could be picked wild almost anywhere. This artist devoted himself to the precise rendering of simple objects in small paintings. Set on a stone table are a few gooseberries, still attached to a branch. The strong illumination gives the composi-tion an enchanting stillness, which contributes to Coorte's appeal to modern taste. The light also gives the fruit a delicate translucency against the black background and reveals the veins of both the fruit and the leaves. The clearly defined crack, along with other small nicks and imperfections in the table, is also carefully highlighted. On the edge of the table the artist signed his name with an elegant flourish.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1987.32.tif
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