Title
Still life with walnuts, by Pereda (1634)
Description
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.
Gender perspective: Since it is a metaphorical use of a fruit to depict human beings, all references to gender disappear.
Creator
Pereda, Antonio de (1611-1678)
Source
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
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
Date
1634
Format
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 20,7 cm (diameter)
Dimensions: 20,7 cm (diameter)
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