Still-Life with an Aquamanile, Fruit, and a Nautilus Cup
by KALF, Willem, Oil on canvas, 111 x 84 cm
Kalf’s paintings are among the most sophisticated of Dutch still-lifes. Taking a much more Baroque and decorative approach than Heda, he filled his paintings with sumptuous and exquisite objects which would only have been found in the most aristocratic and wealthy circles.