Jacob Foppens van Es

Still life of a bunch of white grapes on a ledge

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The Property of a Dutch Foundation

Jacob Foppens van Es

Antwerp circa 1596–1666

Still life of a bunch of white grapes on a ledge

signed lower right: jacob.van.E.s.

oil on oak panel

unframed: 19.5 x 33.1 cm.; 7⅝ x 13 in.

framed: 33.5 x 47 cm.; 13¼ x 18½ in.

Private collection, The Netherlands;

Until acquired by the present owners in 2019.

This still life by Jacob Foppens van Es is unusual in its extreme simplicity. IThe artist has focused on an isolated bunch of grapes, free from the vast myriad of other colourful fruits and objects so often found in his recognised corpus. Two comparable works, showing a single bunch of grapes coupled with walnuts, are in the National Gallery of Prague and the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, respectively.¹

¹ Oil on panel, 22.3 x 27.5 cm.; https://rkd.nl/explore/images/16916; and oil on panel, 24 x 34 cm.; https://rkd.nl/explore/images/16909.