Artist

Guilliam de Vries

Guilliam de Vries is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Fitzwilliam Museum.

This painter mixed everyday fruit baskets with sacred scenes in one picture. Their lone surviving work mixes a still-life of grapes, peaches, and nuts with the biblical Supper at Emmaus inside the same frame. Look closer to spot how the food on the table doubles as the disciples’ meal. Tap the canvas to see every glint of light on the peach skin and shadow on the napkin edge.

Works by Guilliam de Vries

Collections represented

Fitzwilliam Museum

Museum

Fitzwilliam Museum

The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge. It is located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge. It was founded in 1816…

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