Still-Life with Asparagus
by COORTE, Adriaen, Oil on paper on panel, 25 x 21 cm
Coorte’s pictures stand out for their extreme simplicity, loving concentration, and the isolated look of a few vegetables on a plinth bathed in a harsh, unrealistic light. In his own time he had only local fame in Middelburg in Zeeland. He was discovered by the international public only in the mid-twentieth century.