Still Life
Artist
Christian Jansz. Striep
(Dutch, 1634-1673)
Datethird quarter of the seventeenth century
Object number59.0092
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions34 1/4 x 28 1/4 in. (87 x 71.8 cm)
frame: 41 3/4 x 35 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (106 x 90.8 x 7 cm)
frame: 41 3/4 x 35 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (106 x 90.8 x 7 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
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Description
Still life paintings experienced a boom not seen before during the seventeenth century, becoming an independent pictorial genre. The popularity of these has been linked to the exponential growth of the economy in the Dutch Republic, which then became an international trading power. Consequently, these images also functioned as propaganda for the wealth of the homes in which they were exhibited. This type of luxury montage also had a moralizing character, particularly acting as allegories of vanity alluding to the brevity of life and the futility of worldly riches. This type of image allowed artists to show their skills when representing different types of materials and textures and, above all, their mastery of light effects.
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