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Still Life with Birds and Fruit, Giovanna Garzoni
Still Life with Birds and Fruit, c. 1650

Giovanna Garzoni

1600–1670 · 1 work

Giovanna Garzoni made closely observed images of fruit, flowers, birds, and insects in seventeenth-century Italy. Working on vellum, she combined fine detail with carefully arranged shapes and colors. Patrons including the Medici collected her studies of the natural world. These pictures reward looking beyond the central object: a small insect, a turned leaf, or the different skins of two fruits can change how the whole arrangement feels. Observation and composition work together, so the image is both a study of nature and a deliberate display.

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Artist information: Cleveland Museum of Art, Getty.

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