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Sobre una tosca mesa de madera, descrita táctilmente con los pequeños detalles de la calidad del material, visibles en nudos y muescas, aparecen desordenadamente situadas unas cuantas “peritas de San Juan” y un pan en segundo término, junto al cual se eleva una alcarraza de loza muy blanca que bien pudiera ser andaluza. Se denomina popularmente “jarra de cuatro picos” y muestra una decoración de i
This is one of Meifrén’s views of Paris, where he spent various periods from the late 1870s onwards. It depicts a café on the Place de Clichy near Montmartre. It predates the depictions of such subjects by other Catalan artists including Santiago Rusiñol and Ramón Casas, while the truncated, angled position of the table in the foreground reveals the influence of the rec
Preparatory sketch for a work possibly intended for the private chapel of the Infante Don Antonio Pascual in the Royal Palace of Aranjuez. The composition is very similar to the Last Supper in the Royal Palace of Madrid painted by Maella in 1794.
En este bodegón los alimentos están dispuestos en primer término: un plato con acerolas, cuyos fuertes matices rojos atraen la vista hacia el centro de la escena, acompañado, a un lado, por manzanas y una pera, y, al otro, por un gran queso blando. Los otros elementos de la composición son distintos recipientes, como dos tarros de miel de diferentes tipos de cerámica, tapados con papel, una frasca
Tomás Yepes is the great figure of Valencian vase and still life painting. On this occasion, he foregoes the traditional symmetry of his compositions to present all the elements and ingredients needed to lay and serve a table. A roast fowl and a curious dragon-shaped pie take pride of place, along with specific motifs of the Levant region, such as the oranges and lemons at the ends. Our att
This work is part of the series of six panels of monkey scenes in the Museo Nacional del Prado (from P01805 to P01810). The subject matter is drawn from the oeuvre of Pieter Brueghel the Elder and Peter van der Borcht, which has been associated with human foolishness since the Middle Ages. Teniers successfully captures the ambivalence of mankind in its animal nature. In a kitchen interior, apes, g
The story of an old man who tries to seduce a servant girl was customary in Flemish art and literature as a representation of senile love and as a criticism of behavior inappropriate for old age. Here, Teniers, who depicted this subject on various occasions, sets the scene in a stable, where a young woman is busy with her work when she is approached by the old man. The depiction of innumerable obj
Inside a house set in a snow-covered, nocturnal landscape, a peasant and his wife warm themselves by the fire next to a table laid with supper. The scene may allude to the myth of Hades and Persephone that is connected with this season, during which Persephone lives in the Underworld with Hades, her abductor, refusing the food he offers her to keep her in his realm.
The composition of this still-life follows a strict geometric schema, in the manner of Juan van der Hamen. Two baskets and two metal plates flank a dark bottle in the center of the painting, marking the main axis of symmetry around which the composition is organized. One of the baskets contains a mound of hazelnuts and chestnuts with smooth, shiny skin, both nuts associated with autumn. The basket
