Weekend Glimpse: Balthasar van der Ast
Sunday, May 31, 2020

Balthasar van der Ast, Dutch, 1593 or 1594-1657, Oil on Panel, Private Collection, photographed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by Rachel Cohen.
At the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, this still life happened to catch my eye.


The wall label read:
Balthasar van der Ast
Dutch, 1593 or 1594-1657
Still Life with Fruit and Shells
Oil on panel
Private Collection


The sky is very blue today. We are waiting to understand, waiting for a better world, and my friends come into my mind as if they were nearby.

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- Sun, May 24, ‘20Michelangelo on Sunday
- Fri, May 22, ‘20Stockholder Rose's Inclination
- Thu, May 21, ‘20Vostell Concrete
- Tue, May 19, ‘20Mondrian Trees Reflected
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