Juan de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1620–1649)
Flowers and Fruit in a Porcelain Bowl
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Juan de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1620–1649)c. 1645
Flowers and Fruit in a Porcelain Bowl
Juan de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1620–1649) →17th Centuryoil on canvasoil paintings (visual works)
Date
c. 1645
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
82.6 × 108.6 cm (32 1/2 × 42 3/4 in.); Framed: 102.9 × 128.3 × 12.7 cm (40 1/2 × 50 1/2 × 5 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Wirt D. Walker Fund
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.
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