Many visitors to the Mauritshuis are familiar with Adriaen Coorte’s bowl of strawberries. This small painting has long been a favorite of the public and inspired the Mauritshuis to stage an exhibition of the artist’s work in 2008.
Adriaen Coorte was active as a still-life painter in Middelburg between about 1683 and 1707. His paintings are characterised by great simplicity and intimate compositions, often of fruit, vegetables or shells on a stone plinth and beautifully spotlighted against a dark background. Approximately 80 signed paintings by Coorte are known, two of which are in the Mauritshuis.
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One of the joys of travelling is the new artists that you "discover". Adriaen Coorte is one of these. I first found him in the Rijksmusem, then the Louvre and now the Maurithuis has published a beautiful catalogue of his works. Enjoy.
Here is an image search of his works
http://www.altavista.com/image/results
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