Louise Moillon, Still Life with a Basket of Fruit and a Bunch of Asparagus, 1630
Oil on panel, 53.3 x 71.3 cm
The Art Institute of Chicago
French painter in the Baroque era known for her still life paintings and Flemish style, characterised by stillness, detail, texture, the contrast of cool and warm colours against dark backgrounds and the use of perspective illusions to make her works realistic
© Giulia Ariete / Cook & Share with Giulia
I took inspiration from this painting to make an asparagus risotto