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Carrots depicted in the Fine Arts
Carrots have appeared in many great artworks over the years and in fact came to their rescue when plant biologists were trying to identify old species and the only records were in paintings such as these.
Continue the exhibition with two more pages of Carrots in Fine Art works - Page 2 Page 3
Beautiful Van Gogh drawings here.
The Miscellaneous Art Page includes other works of art.
Also check out the Romantic Carrots of Greg Warren, mis-shapen carrots turned into works of art, and then eaten!
Every painting below has a larger, more detailed version which can be accessed
by clicking on the appropriate picture. They are obviously larger files so
will take a little time to download. Please be patient - they are worth it!
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Earth 1569-70 Joachim Beuckelaer |
Still Life 1535-74 Joachim Beuckelaer |
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Gerrit Dou
(1613-1675) Young Mother Oil on canvas, 1658 Mauritshuis, The Hague |
Gerrit Dou The Grocer's Shop 1647 Oil on wood, Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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| Joachim Wtewael 1605 Kitchen Scene oil on canvas, 65 x 98 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin |
detail of Orange carrots |
| Quirin Gerritz van Brekelenkam c1640s - 1668 Family seated round a kitchen fire |
Levi Wells Prentice (1851-1935) Still Life with Cantaloupe, Tomatoes, and
Carrots |
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| Gerrit Dou
(1613-1675)The QuackOil on canvas, 1652 Oil on canvas, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (detail of carrots on left) |
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| Pieter Aertsen, Christ and the Adulteress 1559 Oil on wood, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt |
Joachim Beuckelaer, Market Woman with Fruit, Vegetables and Poultry 1564 Oil on oak, 118 x 170,5 cm Staatliche Museen, Kassel |
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| Juan Sanchez Cotan,
Still Life with Game Fowl,Vegetables and Fruits, Oil on canvas Prado, Museum,Madrid,1602 |
Juan Sanchez Cotan, Still-life c. 1600 Oil on canvas Hernani Collection, Madrid |
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François Boucher |
Joachim Beuckelaer, Vegetable Seller Oil on wood, Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp |
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| Joachim Beuckler, Woman Selling Vegetables Oil on canvas, Rockox House, Antwerp |
Jan van Kessel, Still-life with Vegetables Oil on canvas Civic Museum, Prato |
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| Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez, Peasants at the Table (El Almuerzo) c. 1620 Oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
Frans Snyders, Vegetable Still-Life c. 1600 Oil on canvas, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe |
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Continue the exhibition with two more pages of Carrots in Fine Art works - Page 2 Page 3
The Miscellaneous Art Page includes other works of art.
Also check out the Romantic Carrots of Greg Warren, mis-shapen carrots turned into works of art, and then eaten!
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