The citrus fruit in the paintings of the most famous painters from the past from 1434- 1890

1. THE CITRUS FRUITS
IN THE PAINTINGS OF THE MOST FAMOUS
PAINTERS OF THE PAST
From 1434 to 1890

2. The Arnolfini Portrait is an oil
painting dated 1434 by the painter
Jan van Eyck . The painting is a small
full-length double portrait, which is
believed to represent the Italian
merchant Giovanni di Nicolao
Arnolfini and possibly his pegnant
wife.
The ORANGES casually placed to the
left are a sign of wealth; they were
very expensive in Burgundy, and may
have been one of the items dealt in
by Arnolfini.

3. Allegory of Spring (1478) Sandro Botticelli .The painting features six female
figures and two male, along with a blindfolded putto, in an ORANGE grove

4. Basket with fruit 1559 Caravaggio –Italian painter

5. Girl and 2 men at
table -1618
Diego Velásquez
Museum of Budapest

6. The two boys at table (1622) Veláquez at Wellington Museum London

7. Plate with citrons, Basket with oranges,a cup with a rose - Francisco de
Zurbaran 1633 Los Angeles, Norton Simon Foundation

8. Still life with oysters, Lemons and grapes 1660 -Cornelis de Heem
Flemish painter

9. ORANGES,Bergamots, citrons,Lemons and Lumie (1715) - Bartolomeo
Bimbi , Italian painter

10. Still nature with ORANGES and walnuts, 1772, Luis Meléndez Spanish painter.
We can see some chestnuts, a melon, two pottery jugs and a small barrel. It is
believed that the jugs contain some wine and the barrel some olives.

11. Still life 1878- Paul Cézanne French painter

12. “Lunch in the study " 1868 , Eduard Manet, Here the painter
represents the coffee time after having eaten oysters and lemons

13. The LEMON 1880 Eduard Manet French painter Orsay
Museum Paris

14. Roses in a vase ,peaches and Lemon 1870? -
Pierre-Auguste Renoir French painter

15. Still life with ORANGES 1885 - Louis Hayet French painter

16. Still life with
ORANGES -1899
Henri Matisse
French painter

17. Still life- 1890 Paul Gauguin French
painter