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MIGNON, Abraham

MIGNON, Abraham Fruit Still-Life with Squirrel and Goldfinch g oil painting on canvas
Fruit Still-Life with Squirrel and Goldfinch g
Painting ID::  8221
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MIGNON, Abraham Fruit Still-Life with Squirrel and Goldfinch g oil painting on canvas



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  MIGNON, Abraham
  Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1640-1679 Dutch painter, was born at Frankfurt. His father, a merchant, placed him under the still-life painter Jacob Marrel, by whom he was taken to the Netherlands about 1660. He then worked under Jan Davidszoon de Heem at Utrecht, where in 1675 he married the daughter of the painter Cornelis Willaerts. Sibylle Merian (1647-1717), daughter of the engraver Matthew Merian, became his pupil and achieved distinction as a flower painter. He died at Utrecht. Mignon devoted himself almost exclusively to flowers, fruit, birds and other still-life, though at times he also attempted portraiture. His flower pieces are marked by careful finish and delicate handling. His favourite scheme was to introduce red or white roses in the centre of the canvas and to set the whole group of flowers against a dark background. Nowhere can his work be seen to better advantage than at the Dresden Gallery, which contains fifteen of his paintings, twelve of which are signed. Six of his pictures are at the Louvre, four at the Hermitage, and other examples are to be found at the museums of Amsterdam,
  Fruit Still-Life with Squirrel and Goldfinch g
  Oil on canvas, 80,5 x 99,5 cm Staatliche Museen, Kassel

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