Still-Life of Apples, Pears and Figs in a Wicker Basket on a Stone Ledge
by PONCE, Antonio, Oil on canvas, 44 x 64 cm
The large dark vine leaves and fruit are back-lit and are sharply silhouetted against the luminous background, to quite dramatic effect. Ponce’s use of this effect strongly indicates the indirect influence of Caravaggio’s Basket of Fruit in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, almost 50 years after it was created.