Still-Life
by POLO, Bernardo, Oil on canvas, 72 x 108 cm
This painting depicts a still-life of a sunflower and other blooms in a gilt-mounted bluestone vase, together with melons, apricots, grapes and plums in a pewter dish alongside a planter with grapes on a vine branch, all on a carved marble ledge.
The painting forms part of a group of works that are designed around a stone slab carved with leaves, upon which sit simply but symmetrically arranged objects.