Auguste Braekevelt, Still Life With Fruit Industrial Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size:

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 19½” x 15½” / 50cm x 40cmYear of creation: c

Later frame with some minor abrasions

The portrait is held within a later frame

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Auguste Braekevelt, Still Life With Fruit Industrial Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size:A luscious 19th century still life with apples, pears, pot and plate by Belgian artist, Auguste Braekevelt (1832 1908). The level of detail here is astonishing and the fruit appears lifelike good enough to eat. Braekevelt was a painter and sculptor that trained under gide Hyacinthe Mlot (1817 1885). Undoubtedly, his experience of working in three dimensions as a sculptor helped him to capture light with a high degree of understanding. Note how the