Jan van Huysum (Amsterdam 1682-1749) Green grapes on the vine with morning glory, pink and white hollyhocks, a red opium poppy, a walnut, hazelnuts, a split melon, a pomegranate, black grapes, redcurrants, raspberries, greengage plums and other fruit with a wicker basket of black cherries, a melon, plums and apricots on a marble ledge by a fluted column, with a Red Admiral butterfly, a Cabbage White butterfly, a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly, yellow meadow ants, a fly and other insects, a landscape with birch trees beyond signed and dated 'Jan Van Huysum fecit 1731' (lower centre, on the ledge, the last 'u' hidden by a trompe l'oeil convolvulus flower) oil on panel 31½ x 23¾ in. (80 x 60.3 cm.)
Jan van Huysum (Amsterdam 1682-1749) Green grapes on the vine with morning glory, pink and white hollyhocks, a red opium poppy, a walnut, hazelnuts, a split melon, a pomegranate, black grapes, redcurrants, raspberries, greengage plums and other fruit with a wicker basket of black cherries, a melon, plums and apricots on a marble ledge by a fluted column, with a Red Admiral butterfly, a Cabbage White butterfly, a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly, yellow meadow ants, a fly and other insects, a landscape with birch trees beyond signed and dated 'Jan Van Huysum fecit 1731' (lower centre, on the ledge, the last 'u' hidden by a trompe l'oeil convolvulus flower) oil on panel 31½ x 23¾ in. (80 x 60.3 cm.)
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