Updated 09 April 2025
On Display Special Exhibition Wing
On Display
Special Exhibition Wing
Still Life with Basket of Fruit and Game Fowl
| Materials and Techniques | Oil on canvas |
|---|---|
| Size（cm） | 75.4 x 144.5 |
| Inscriptions | Signed and indistinctly dated, lower right: Juº BaldeRama Deleon/f. 162... |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.2014-0002 |
Active in Madrid, Juan van der Hamen mastered a form of still-life painting that appeared in early seventeenth-century Spain known as the bodegón (derived from bodega, meaning "tavern" ). The choice of motifs and style of composition on display here are typical of bodegones of around 1620. As in other early works by the artist, the motifs are arranged to almost completely fill up the picture plane. The rigorous composition and splendid decorativeness of this, one of van der Hamen's largest still lifes, underpin its unique, refined appeal. (Source: Gallery label, July 2016)
Provenance
1855, Madrid; ca.1936-39 to 1954, Celedonio Leyún Villanueva, Madrid; and to 2010 by inheritance; from whom acquired by a private collection, Spain; purchased by NMWA, 2014.
Exhibition History
- 2018
- Velázquez and the Celebration of Painting: The Golden Age in the Museo del Prado: The 150th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Spain, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 24 February 2018 - 27 May 2018, cat. no. X-2
Bibliography
- 1982
- Padrón, Matías Díaz. Tres bodegones identificados de Juan van der Hamen, Felipe Ramirez y Francisco Ykens. Archivo Español de Arte. 220, 1982, pp. 382-386.
- 2005
- Juan van der Hamen and the Court of Madrid (exh. cat.). Jordan, William B.; Real, Palacio eds. Palacio Real, Madrid, October 2005-January 2006. Meadows Museum, Dallas, February-May 2006. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2005, p. 108, fig. 6.34.
- 2016
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 49 (Apr. 2014-Mar. 2015), 2016, Kawase, Yusuke. New Acquisitions. pp. 13-18, List of New Acquisitions. p. 26, repr.
- 2018
- Velázquez and the Celebration of Painting: the Golden Age in the Museo del Prado: the 150th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Spain (exh. cat.). Kawase, Yusuke; Yomiuri Shimbun, eds. Tokyo, Yomiuri Shimbun; The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2018, pp. 200-201, cat. no. X-2, col. repr.