Adriaen Coorte

Adriaen Coorte (c. 1665 – after 1707) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes.

He signed paintings between 1683 and 1707 and became known for small, restrained arrangements of fruit, vegetables, shells, and other objects placed on stone ledges against dark backgrounds.

His work continued an intimate form of still-life painting associated with the earlier seventeenth century, and he has been described as “one of the last practitioners of this intimate category”.