Painting of a woven basket filled with various fruits, including plums and apricots, on a table against a dark background, with asparagus and peapods on the table at front.

Still Life with a Basket of Fruit and a Bunch of Asparagus

Louise Moillon · 1630

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Lamp black
73% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.0:1

Raw umber
15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.4:1

Tan
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1

Garnet
2% of the image
Red · text contrast 12.8:1

Sienna
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1

Pale gold
1% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.6:1

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Artist: Louise Moillon
Date: 1630
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 53.3 × 71.3 cm (21 × 28 1/2 in.); Framed: 68 × 85.8 × 8.3 cm (26 3/4 × 33 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
Place: France
Period: 17th century
Themes: Still life
Main colour: Black · lightness 15, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Wirt D. Walker Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Still Life with a Basket of Fruit and a Bunch of Asparagus

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