Still Life with Sweets
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| Artist | Josefa de Óbidos |
|---|---|
| Year | 1676 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 84 cm × 160.5 cm (33 in × 63.2 in) |
| Location | Anselmo Braamcamp Freire collection, Santarém, Portugal |
Still Life with Sweets is a 1676 oil on canvas painting by the Portuguese artist Josefa de Óbidos in the municipal collection of Santarém, Portugal.[1]
This painting shows a sumptuous display of sweets in various pottery containers and in the center a silver sugar holder with a gold spoon emphasizes the wealth of this dessert spread. Far from normal, such a spread would have been beyond reach of most townspeople and the artist herself at that time and was either meant to represent an ideal holiday feast or was commissioned by a wealthy patron. The "Bodegón" style is reminiscent of earlier dessert displays by Juan van der Hamen and others of the Spanish school a generation before her.
Still Life with Sweets and Pottery by Juan van der Hamen, 1627
This painting is a pendant of Still Life with Sweets and Flowers in the same collection:
References
- ↑ painting record on DiscoverBaroqueArt.org
- artwork record on Europeana website