Still Life with Fruit

Description

An apple, lemons, and dates arranged directly on a table. A school study created by the fourteen-year-old Matejko during his studies at the Kraków School of Fine Arts under the tutelage of Wojciech Korneli Stattler. According to Adolf Matejko, the painting’s original owner, this is the artist’s earliest oil work. On the reverse, a handwritten certificate by Adolf Matejko, the painter’s brother, has been preserved.

We invite you to explore the entry for this object in the digital catalogue of the National Museum in Kraków’s collections. Author of the entry: Marta Kłak-Ambrożkiewicz