Flowers and Fruit in a Porcelain Bowl
Juan de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1620–1649)
c. 1645
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
Long assumed to be the work of Francisco de Zurbarán, the leading painter in Seville, Spain, this canvas is now considered to be by his son, Juan de Zurbarán, who specialized in exquisitely painted still lifes during his short career. The precise, sensuous application of paint and dramatic lighting are typical of Juan, whose style can be identified through only a few signed paintings. The expensive imported Chinese porcelain bowl would have appealed to the wealthy clientele who purchased his refined yet exuberant compositions.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 82.6 × 108.6 cm (32 1/2 × 42 3/4 in.)
Museum record · 5 owners · 9 exhibitions
Provenance
- Don José de Madrazo y Agudo (died 1859), Madrid by 1856; sold by his heirs to Don José de Salamanca, Marqués de Salamanca, Madrid in 1861.
- Condesa de Montarco, Madrid by 1905.
- Art market, probably by June 1933.
- Knoedler and Co., New York, 1935.
- Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Company, New York, by 1936; sold to Brummer Gallery, New York, May 26, 1936, for $7,000; sold to E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York, June 25, 1947, as part of a lot for $20,000; purchased by the Art Institute, 1947.
Exhibitions
- Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, Exposicion de Zurbarán, 1905.
- New York, M. Knoedler and Company, Exhibition Celebrating Knoedler: One Hundred Years, 1846–1946, April 1–27, 1946, as Francisco de Zurbarán.
- New York, E. and A. Silberman Galleries, An Exhibition of Paintings for the benefit of the Research Fund of Art and Archeology, The Spanish Institute, Inc., October 12–November 1, 1955.
- Newark, New Jersey, The Newark Museum, The Golden Age of Spanish Still-life Painting late 16th through early 19th centuries, December 10, 1964–January 26, 1965, as Francisco de Zurbarán.
- Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Spanish Still Life in the Golden Age 1600-1650, 11 May – 4 August 1985; Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, September 8–November 3, 1985.
- Chicago, Art Institute, The Art of the Edge: European frames 1300–1900, October 17–December 14, 1986.
- Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, Flores españolas del Siglo de Oro.
- La pintura de Flores en la España del siglio XVII, November 15, 2002–February 2, 2003.
- Madrid, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Zurbarán: una nueva mirada, 9 June - 13 September 2015; Düsseldorf, Museum Kunstpalast, 10 October 2015 - 31 January 2016, cat..
