Still life with walnuts, by Pereda (1634)

Still life with walnuts, by Pereda (1634)

The painting depicts a still life picture with walnuts. Many critics see in this painting a vanitas and the nuts like skulls.

Gender perspective: Since it is a metaphorical use of a fruit to depict human beings, all references to gender disappear.

Pereda, Antonio de (1611-1678)

Private collection.
Found in "Pinturas diversas" web blog by Mercedes Tamara
https://pinturasdiversas-demeza.blogspot.com/2015/07/bodegon-con-nueces-antonio-de-pereda.html

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210526155100/https://pinturasdiversas-demeza.blogspot.com/2015/07/bodegon-con-nueces-antonio-de-pereda.html

1634

Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 20,7 cm (diameter)