Still Life of Fruit and Flowers by Richard Earlom

Still Life of Fruit and Flowers 1723 - 1781

photo of handprinted image

natural stone pattern

aged paper

toned paper

pale palette

pastel soft colours

muted colour palette

ink paper printed

white palette

nude colour palette

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Richard Earlom's "Still Life of Fruit and Flowers" is a masterful print created between 1723 and 1781. This black and white engraving showcases a bountiful array of fruits, flowers, and a small sculpture of a nude figure. The composition, with its intricate details and subtle shading, exemplifies the artistic prowess of the artist. It is a fine example of the "still life" genre, which is characterized by the representation of inanimate objects. Currently housed in the Rijksmuseum, the print measures 556 mm in height and 420 mm in width, offering a captivating visual experience.

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Right before Empress Catherine the Great of Russia bought Sir Robert Walpole’s entire art collection, Richard Earlom made large prints of several of the famous paintings in it as mementos. Among them was this 1723 still life by Jan van Huysum. Earlom worked in mezzotint, a technique also called the ‘black manner’. This method made it possible to produce soft, subtle transitions between a wealth of grey tones, creating a velvety black surface.