Adriaen Coorte

Coorte, Adrian

Dutch, active c. 1683 - 1707

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A bundle of pale green, thick asparagus stalks bound by twine and a bunch of glistening ruby-red currants sit on the edge of a stone table or ledge against a deeply shadowed background in this vertical still life painting. The asparagus is situated with the jagged, broken edges facing our left and the pointed tips angled away from us to our right. The base of the stalks are nearly cream-white, and the tips are faint green and muted purple. To our right, one the two stems of the red currant berries and leaves dangles off the front edge of the table. Light spills onto the scene from our upper left giving the currants a glassy sheen. The stone ledge or table is cracked in a couple of places. The artist signed this work as if he had inscribed his name and the date on the front surface of the table: “A. Coorte. 1696.”
Adriaen Coorte, Still Life with Asparagus and Red Currants, 1696, oil on canvas, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2002.122.1

Still Life with Asparagus and Red Currants

Adriaen Coorte · 1696 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2002.122.1

Adriaen Coorte, Still Life with a Hanging Bunch of Grapes, Two Medlars, and a Butterfly, 1687, oil on canvas, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2020.16.1

Still Life with a Hanging Bunch of Grapes, Two Medlars, and a Butterfly

Adriaen Coorte · 1687 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2020.16.1

Bibliography

1877

  • Bredius, Abraham. "De Gildeboeken van St. Lucas te Middelburg." In Archief voor Nederlandsche Kunstgeschiedenis. 7 vols. Edited by Frederik D.O. Obreen. Rotterdam, 1877-1890: 6(1884):229.

1953

  • Bol, Laurens J. "Adriaen S. Coorte: Stillevenschilder." Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 4 (1952-1953): 193-232.

1958

  • Bol, Laurens J. Adriaen Coorte, Stillevenschilder. Exh. cat. Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, 1958.

  • Adrian Coorte: Stillevenschilder. Exh. cat. Dordrechts Museum, 1958.

1969

  • Bol, L.J. Holländische Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts neben den grossen Meistern. Landscaft und Stilleben. Brunswick, 1969: 359-364.

1975

  • Müllenmeister, K.J. "Adrian Coorte." Die Weltkunst xlv (1975): 1603.

1977

  • Bol, Laurens J. Adriaen Coorte: a unique late seventeenth century Dutch still-life painter. Assen, 1977.

1989

  • Schneider, N. Stilleben: Realität und Symbolik der Dinge. Cologne, 1989.

2003

  • Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Small Wonders: Dutch still lifes by Adriaen Coorte. Exh. brochure, National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2003.

2008

  • Buvelot, Quentin. The Still Lifes of Adriaen Coorte (active c.1683-1707): with oeuvre catalogue. Exh. cat. Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague. Zwolle, 2008.

2015

  • Ton de Jong and Huib J. Plankeel, “Adriaen Coorte of IJzendijke,” Oud Holland 128, no. 1 (2015), 58