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| Keywords: Frans Ykens, Pieter Fransz. de Grebber - Madonna Surrounded by a Garland of Fruit.jpg Artwork Creator Frans Ykens en Madonna Surrounded by a Garland of Fruit oil on panel Size cm 71 5 Art Museum of Estonia object history exhibition history credit line place of creation The opulent garland of fruit was made by the Flemish artist Frans Ykens and the picture of the Madonna by the Dutch painter Pieter Franz de Grebber The picture has a religious meaning The delicious garland refers to the plentifulness of the Kingdom of God the cockle at the top of the stone cartouche symbolises the hope of resurrection the worm crawling into the fruit reminds the viewer of the mortality of all flesh and the butterfly indicates the fugacity of earthly life <br><br> When one takes a closer look at the picture it becomes apparent that the Madonna figure by the de Grebber was placed in the centre of the painting at some later point It is possible that this was done in the 17th century but even more probable that the two works were joined by an art collector in the 18th or 19th century PD-old-100 http //digikogu ekm ee/eng/fpage/search/oid-1057/ searchtype simple searchtext flemish offset 1 accession number Pieter Fransz de Grebber Frans Ykens Paintings by two artists Garland of flowers frame in paintings | ||||
