Grapes with Insects on a Marble Top
Gerard van Spaendonck
(Dutch, 1746−1822)
Dateca. 1791−95
MediumOil on marble
Dimensions7 3/8 × 9 1/4 × 1/8 in. (18.7 × 23.5 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Asbjorn R. Lunde, 2012
Accession number2012.1.01
CommentaryA generous gift of collector Asbjorn R. Lunde. Grapes with Insects on a Marble Top, by the Dutch painter Gerard van Spaendonck, is among the few oil paintings by the artist in an American public collection. Van Spaendonck was active in Paris, where he held a number of prestigious academic posts and royal appointments during his long career as one of France's leading still-life painters.
Melchior, Baron of Redern, Lord of Freedland (1555–1600; Commander of the Hapsburg troops from 1580)
Gerard Hendrik (Heinrik) the Younger
1599 or soon after
