Auguste Braekevelt, Still Life With Fruit Industrial So perhaps the artist was

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Medium: Oil on boardOverall size: 16” x 21½” / 40cm x 55cmYear of creation: c

The portrait is held within a later frame

A fine early 19th-century portrait of Mrs Mary Robinson (1758-1800)

which encouraged others to explore new techniques and approaches

Auguste Braekevelt, Still Life With Fruit Industrial So perhaps the artist wasA 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