712 - Jacobus Vonck, Lush still life with autumn fruits in a handled vessel decorated with cherubs, featuring a butterfly, a thrush and a squirrel, framed oil painting

Jacobus Vonck, Lush still life with autumn fruits in a handled vessel decorated with cherubs, featuring a butterfly, a thrush and a squirrel, framed oil painting Jacobus Vonck, c. 1717-1773, Middelburg, Dutch painter and draughtsman, best known for his decorative bird and still-life paintings; here: A lavish still life featuring grapes, peaches, walnuts, pears and rose hips in a handled vessel decorated with cherubs; a butterfly, a thrush and a squirrel are nibbling at the fruit, oil on canvas, old lining & partially retouched, 84 x 67 cm, signed and dated 1769 on the left, in a gilded stucco frame About the artist: Jacobus Vonck was a pupil of Aert Schouman (1710 Dordrecht - 1792 The Hague). He specialised in decorative painting and created large-scale works that were frequently integrated into the panelling of wealthy homes as ‘chimney pieces’ or ‘overdoors’. His works feature richly detailed and colourful compositions of native and exotic birds (such as swans, ibises, cockatoos and parrots) on riverbanks, as well as classical fruit still lifes in stone vases or ornate urns.