A vanitas still life with fruit, a gilded goblet, a musical score, a shell and a skull, Joris van Son
The present still-life, with its meticulous rendering of textures, and modelling of forms through the use of subtle lighting, comes from the hand of the Antwerp Baroque master Joris van Son. Famed for his pronkstillevens and less ostentatious depictions of fruit, and vanitas still lifes, van Son’s works exude the strong influence of the pioneering Dutch master Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606–1684), who ran an accomplished Antwerp workshop. Van Son may have assisted the great master, before being made a master himself of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1633.
