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Catalogue raisonné: Description in Flemish paintings C. 1600-C. 1800 III, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2010, cat.no. 39: 

Technical notes: The support probably consists of a
single piece of fabric woven in a twill technique. The
painting is not lined.
The paint layers are applied opaquely with some
impasto. The still life in the foreground is detailed, with
well modelled paint layers and highlights in impasto.
A reserve was left for the necklace in the underlying
paint layers. There is a space between the necklace and
the flesh tones. A reserve was left in the background for
the face and the blue of the sky has been applied to meet
the contour of the face. The hand picking the bunch of
grapes has probably been painted over the background.
The painting is in good condition and underwent
conservation treatment in 1874, 1938, 1956 and 1980.

Exhibited: Naples 1938; Gent 1960, p. 110. 26; Läckö
1990, no. 374.

Bibliography: Sander IV, p. 111, no. 11; Göthe 1887,
p. 34; Göthe 1893, pp. 42–43; NM Cat. 1958, p. 30;
Wilenski, 1960, vol. 2, p. 342; Greindl 1983, pp. 141,
341 no. 18; Hairs 1985, pp. 246–250, 462; NM Cat.
1990, p. 56.

This painting, which is signed and generally accepted
as an original work of Abraham Brueghel, was probably
executed during the last decade of the artist’s stay
in Naples 1671–1697. It is a characteristic example of
his oeuvre in which he demonstrates his virtuosity in
depicting the features of various flowers, berries and
fruit and their visual properties. He normally delegated
the staffage figures to a colleague – in Rome he collaborated
with a number of important fellow artists –
but it has not been possible to establish who is responsible
for the portrait of the girl here.
The painting was owned earlier by the sculptor
Johan Niklas Byström and was acquired by the museum
when his collection was auctioned. Byström had in
his turn acquired most of his collection of paintings,
which numbered over 300, during the years he spent
in Rome in the first half of the 19th century.
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