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The very few still lifes by Juan Sánchez Cotán depict commonplace foodstuffs in shallow niches whose dark interiors evoke the pantries (bodegones) of Spanish homes. Here the produce on the ledge and the quince, cabbage, and game birds hanging above appear precisely arranged in almost mathematical harmony.
This work is the earliest European still life in the Art Institute’s collection. Sánchez Cotán stopped creating these austere compositions after 1603, when he dedicated himself to working at the Cistercian monastery of Granada. The artist’s work was only rediscovered in the 20th century, in part through the efforts of August L. Mayer (1885–1944), a German scholar who helped reawaken critical interest in Spanish art and who once owned this painting.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 88 × 67 Cm |
| Tags | still lifewindowbirdscabbagesducksfoodfowlfruitplantsvegetables |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Chain of custody, exhibitions, and verification milestones synced from the provenance service.
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Probably in the artist’s possession, Toledo, before he retired to a Carthusian monastery, in August 1603 [inventory 1603, no....
Probably in the artist’s possession, Toledo, before he retired to a Carthusian monastery, in August 1603 [inventory 1603, no. V, (“Un lienzo de frutas adonde está el ánade y otros tres pájaros ques de Diego de Valdivieso”
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an inventory number 145 is inscribed in the lower left corner of the painting
an inventory number 145 is inscribed in the lower left corner of the painting
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acquired from his estate with 4 other still lifes for the decoration of the Galería del Mediodía in the royal hunting lodge of El Pardo, the series completed by an additional still life commissioned for this purpose from Juan van der Hamen ...
acquired from his estate with 4 other still lifes for the decoration of the Galería del Mediodía in the royal hunting lodge of El Pardo, the series completed by an additional still life commissioned for this purpose from Juan van der Hamen [according to a note of 10 September 1619 in the accounts of the royal household
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royal inventories of 1653, no....
royal inventories of 1653, no. 145 (“145. Un frutero Pequeño Con su marco de oro y negro y un Melon abierto en medio”, A small fruit still life with its black and gold frame with an open melon in the middle
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Leticia Ruiz Gomez in El Siglo de Oro: Die Ära Velázquez, exh. cat.
Leticia Ruiz Gomez in El Siglo de Oro: Die Ära Velázquez, exh. cat. (Munich: Hirmer cop., 2016), 94-95 cat. 6.
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Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, El Siglo de Oro: Die Ära Velázquez, 1 July - 30 October 2016; Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 25 November 2016 - 26 March 2017, cat. no. 6.
Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, El Siglo de Oro: Die Ära Velázquez, 1 July - 30 October 2016; Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 25 November 2016 - 26 March 2017, cat. no. 6.
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Peter Cherry, “Introduction: In the presence of things. Two centuries of still-life painting,” in In the presence of things: Four Centuries of European still-life painting, exhib. cat., Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, 2010, vol. 1, pp. 25, 41, ...
Peter Cherry, “Introduction: In the presence of things. Two centuries of still-life painting,” in In the presence of things: Four Centuries of European still-life painting, exhib. cat., Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, 2010, vol. 1, pp. 25, 41, n. 47.
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Peter Cherry , “The golden age of still-life painting in Spain and Italy,” in In the presence of things: Four Centuries of European still-life painting, exhib. cat., Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, 2010, vol. 1, pp. 69, 72-73, 78, fig. 37.
Peter Cherry , “The golden age of still-life painting in Spain and Italy,” in In the presence of things: Four Centuries of European still-life painting, exhib. cat., Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, 2010, vol. 1, pp. 69, 72-73, 78, fig. 37.
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John B. Ravenal, “Notes on Black,” in Carter Ratcliff, Donald Sultan: The Theater of the Object, New York, 2008. p. 25, ill.
John B. Ravenal, “Notes on Black,” in Carter Ratcliff, Donald Sultan: The Theater of the Object, New York, 2008. p. 25, ill.
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exhibition
Boston, Mass., Museum of Fine Arts, El Greco to Velázquez, April 20-July 27, 2008, cat. 52; Durham, North Carolina, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, August 21-November 9, 2008.
Boston, Mass., Museum of Fine Arts, El Greco to Velázquez, April 20-July 27, 2008, cat. 52; Durham, North Carolina, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, August 21-November 9, 2008.
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Cristina Marinas, "L'Amérique dans la nature morte espagnole" in Tomate et chocolat. Usages alimentaires et créolisation culturelle, ed. Pascale Budillon Puma, Paris, 2008, pp. 27-28, 37, ill.
Cristina Marinas, "L'Amérique dans la nature morte espagnole" in Tomate et chocolat. Usages alimentaires et créolisation culturelle, ed. Pascale Budillon Puma, Paris, 2008, pp. 27-28, 37, ill.
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William B. Jordan, “La Gallería del Mediodía de El Pardo y los orígenes de la naturaleza muerta en Madrid” in Los pintores de lo real, Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado, Madrid, 2008, pp. 126-37.
William B. Jordan, “La Gallería del Mediodía de El Pardo y los orígenes de la naturaleza muerta en Madrid” in Los pintores de lo real, Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado, Madrid, 2008, pp. 126-37.
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probably one of two still lifes by Cotán listed among the paintings from royal residences gathered at the Escorial in 1809 for shipment to Madrid for a projected national museum [Jordan 2008, pp....
probably one of two still lifes by Cotán listed among the paintings from royal residences gathered at the Escorial in 1809 for shipment to Madrid for a projected national museum [Jordan 2008, pp. 136-37 and Ilse Hempel Lipschutz, Spanish Painting and the French Romantics, Cambridge, Mass., 1972, pp. 268-81, especially p. 280]. August L. Mayer, Munich, by 1922 [see Mayer 1922, p. 361]
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Edward J. Sullivan, The Language of Objects in the Art of the Americas, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 25, fig. 18.
Edward J. Sullivan, The Language of Objects in the Art of the Americas, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 25, fig. 18.
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see also Jordan 2006, pp....
see also Jordan 2006, pp. 54-58,]
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see Jordan 2006, pp....
see Jordan 2006, pp. 58, 300, n. 24) and 1701/03, no. 132 (Fernández Bayton 1981, vol. 2, p. 144, no. 132)
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Lisa Wainwright, Things of Nature and the Nature of Things: John Wilde, exhib. cat., Chazen Museum of Art, 2006, pp. 14-15, 22, fig. 9.
Lisa Wainwright, Things of Nature and the Nature of Things: John Wilde, exhib. cat., Chazen Museum of Art, 2006, pp. 14-15, 22, fig. 9.
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Matthias Weniger, "Verzeichnis der spanischen Gemälde in deutschen Sammlungen" in Matthias Weniger et al., Greco, Velázquez, Goya. Spanische Malerei aus deutschen Sammlungen, exhib. cat. Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, 2005, pp. 242-43, ill...
Matthias Weniger, "Verzeichnis der spanischen Gemälde in deutschen Sammlungen" in Matthias Weniger et al., Greco, Velázquez, Goya. Spanische Malerei aus deutschen Sammlungen, exhib. cat. Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, 2005, pp. 242-43, ill.
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William B. Jordan, Juan van der Hamen y León and the Court of Madrid, exh. cat., Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, and Meadows Museum, Dallas, 2005, pp. 54-58, 300, fig. 3.6.
William B. Jordan, Juan van der Hamen y León and the Court of Madrid, exh. cat., Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, and Meadows Museum, Dallas, 2005, pp. 54-58, 300, fig. 3.6.
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Old Master Pictures, auction cat., Christie’s, London, December 8, 2004, under lot 94, pp. 174–5, fig. 3.
Old Master Pictures, auction cat., Christie’s, London, December 8, 2004, under lot 94, pp. 174–5, fig. 3.
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David Hockney, Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters, London, 2001. p. 107, ill.
David Hockney, Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters, London, 2001. p. 107, ill.
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Felix Scheffler, Das spanische Stilleben des 17. Jahrhunderts: Theorie, Genese und Entfaltung einer neuen Bildgattung
Felix Scheffler, Das spanische Stilleben des 17. Jahrhunderts: Theorie, Genese und Entfaltung einer neuen Bildgattung (Frankfurt, 2000), p. 249, fig. 132.
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María José López Terrada, “Hernández and Spanish Painting in the Seventeeth Century” in Searching for the Secrets of Nature: The Life and Works of Dr. Francisco Hernández, Stanford, California, 2000, pp. 155, 167, fig. 4.
María José López Terrada, “Hernández and Spanish Painting in the Seventeeth Century” in Searching for the Secrets of Nature: The Life and Works of Dr. Francisco Hernández, Stanford, California, 2000, pp. 155, 167, fig. 4.
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Georges Herzog, Albrecht Kauw
Georges Herzog, Albrecht Kauw (1616-1681): Der Berner Maler aus Strassburg (Bern 1999), pp. 83-4, fig. 43.
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Peter Cherry, Arte y Naturaleza: El Bodegón Español en el Siglo de Oro
Peter Cherry, Arte y Naturaleza: El Bodegón Español en el Siglo de Oro (Aranjuez, 1999), pp. 32–34, pl. 8.
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William B. Jordan, An Eye on Nature: Spanish Still-Life Paintings from Sánchez Cotán to Goya, exh. cat., Matthiesen Fine Art Ltd.,
William B. Jordan, An Eye on Nature: Spanish Still-Life Paintings from Sánchez Cotán to Goya, exh. cat., Matthiesen Fine Art Ltd., (London, 1997), pp. 30–34, under cat. 1.
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William B. Jordan, “Sánchez Cotán, Juan” in Dictionary of Art, vol. 27
William B. Jordan, “Sánchez Cotán, Juan” in Dictionary of Art, vol. 27 (New York, 1996), p. 706.
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Evaristo Baschenis e la natura morta in Europa, exh. cat., Galleria d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Bergamo, 1996, p. 23, fig. 9.
Evaristo Baschenis e la natura morta in Europa, exh. cat., Galleria d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Bergamo, 1996, p. 23, fig. 9.
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Peter Cherry, “The Hungry Eye: the Still Lifes of Juan Sánchez Cotán,” Konsthistorisk Tidskrift 65
Peter Cherry, “The Hungry Eye: the Still Lifes of Juan Sánchez Cotán,” Konsthistorisk Tidskrift 65 (1996), pp. 82–83, 85, 90, 94, fig. 6.
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London, The National Gallery, Spanish Still Life from Velázquez to Goya, February 22–May 21, 1995, cat. 2.
London, The National Gallery, Spanish Still Life from Velázquez to Goya, February 22–May 21, 1995, cat. 2.
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Claus Grimm, Stilleben: Die italienischen, spanischen und französischen Meister
Claus Grimm, Stilleben: Die italienischen, spanischen und französischen Meister (Stuttgart and Zurich, 1995), p. 93, pl. 37.
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Chicago, Art Institute, Chicago’s Dream, A World’s Treasure: The Art Institute of Chicago 1893–1993, November 1–January 9, 1994, no cat.
Chicago, Art Institute, Chicago’s Dream, A World’s Treasure: The Art Institute of Chicago 1893–1993, November 1–January 9, 1994, no cat.
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Peter Cherry, “Madrid. Sánchez Cotán at the Prado,” Burlington Magazine 135
Peter Cherry, “Madrid. Sánchez Cotán at the Prado,” Burlington Magazine 135 (1993), pp. 164-66, fig. 118.
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Emilio Orozco Díaz, El Pintor Fray Juan Sánchez Cotán
Emilio Orozco Díaz, El Pintor Fray Juan Sánchez Cotán (Granada 1993), pp. 368-9, ill. p. 193.
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Bodo Vischer, "'La transformacíon den dios': zu den Stilleben von Juan Sánchez Cotán, 1560-1627," Zeitchrift für Ästhetik und allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft 38
Bodo Vischer, "'La transformacíon den dios': zu den Stilleben von Juan Sánchez Cotán, 1560-1627," Zeitchrift für Ästhetik und allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft 38 (1993), p. 280, pl. 2.
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Jordan in Madrid 1992, pp....
Jordan in Madrid 1992, pp. 41–43)
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probably Diego de Valdivieso, Toledo, 1603 [see 1603 inventory cited by Jordan 1992]....
probably Diego de Valdivieso, Toledo, 1603 [see 1603 inventory cited by Jordan 1992]. Cardinal Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas, archbishop of Toledo and primate of Spain, Toledo or Huerta de Sandoval, near Madrid (died 1618)
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Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, La Imitación de la Naturaleza: Los Bodegones de Sánchez Cotán, November 17, 1992–January 17, 1993, cat. 2.
Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, La Imitación de la Naturaleza: Los Bodegones de Sánchez Cotán, November 17, 1992–January 17, 1993, cat. 2.
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William B. Jordan, “A Newly Discovered Still Life by Juan Sánchez Cotán,” Burlington Magazine 132
William B. Jordan, “A Newly Discovered Still Life by Juan Sánchez Cotán,” Burlington Magazine 132 (1990), pp. 96–99, fig. 19.
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James N. Wood and Katherine C. Lee, Master Painting in the Art Institute of Chicago
James N. Wood and Katherine C. Lee, Master Painting in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1988), p. 25 (ill.).
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Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez, La nature morte espagnole du XVIIe siècle à Goya, Fribourg, 1987, p. 21, fig. 6.
Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez, La nature morte espagnole du XVIIe siècle à Goya, Fribourg, 1987, p. 21, fig. 6.
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Fritz Koreny, Albrecht Dürer und die Tier- und Planzenstudien der Renaissance, exh. cat., Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, 1985, p. 43, fig. 6.
Fritz Koreny, Albrecht Dürer und die Tier- und Planzenstudien der Renaissance, exh. cat., Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, 1985, p. 43, fig. 6.
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Forth Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Spanish Still Life in the Golden Age 1600–1650, catalogue by William Jordan, May 11–August 4, 1985; traveled to Toledo Museum of Art, September 8–November 3, 1985, cat. 4.
Forth Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Spanish Still Life in the Golden Age 1600–1650, catalogue by William Jordan, May 11–August 4, 1985; traveled to Toledo Museum of Art, September 8–November 3, 1985, cat. 4.
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Nina Ayala Mallory, “Museum News: Spanish Still-Life in the Golden Age, 1600-1650,” Art Journal 45
Nina Ayala Mallory, “Museum News: Spanish Still-Life in the Golden Age, 1600-1650,” Art Journal 45 (1985), p. 354.
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Betty Dietz Krebs, “Mystery Part of Toledo Art Museum Exhibit,” Dayton Daily News
Betty Dietz Krebs, “Mystery Part of Toledo Art Museum Exhibit,” Dayton Daily News (September 1, 1985), p. 2–D (ill.).
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Pintura española de bodegones y floreros de 1600 a Goya, exhib. cat.
Pintura española de bodegones y floreros de 1600 a Goya, exhib. cat. (Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1983-84), pp. 28-29.
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G. Fernández Bayton, Inventarios Reales, testamentaria de Rey Carlos II
G. Fernández Bayton, Inventarios Reales, testamentaria de Rey Carlos II (1701-1703), vol. 2, Madrid, 1981, pp. 144, no. 132.
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Gerhard Langemeyer and Hans Albert Peters, eds., Stilleben in Europa, exh. cat. Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst-und Kulturgeschichte Münster and Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 1979, p. 386.
Gerhard Langemeyer and Hans Albert Peters, eds., Stilleben in Europa, exh. cat. Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst-und Kulturgeschichte Münster and Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 1979, p. 386.
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Ingvar Bergström et al., Stilleben. Die grosse Zeit des europäischen Stillebens, Zurich, 1979, p. 212
Ingvar Bergström et al., Stilleben. Die grosse Zeit des europäischen Stillebens, Zurich, 1979, p. 212 (ill.).
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