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Still life of game in a forest. Abraham Mignon or Minjon [1] (21 June 1640 – 27 March 1679), was a still life painter. [2] He is known for his flower pieces, still lifes with fruit, still lifes in forests or grottoes, still lifes of game and fish as well as his garland paintings. [3]
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on es.wikipedia.org Bodegón con verduras y frutas (Sánchez Cotán) Usage on pt.wikipedia.org Bodegón; Usage on sl.wikipedia.org Bodegón; Usage on www.wikidata.org Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Movement; Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Missing depicts/Still life; Q126956583
Juan Sánchez Cotán, Still Life with Game Fowl, Vegetables and Fruits (1602), Museo del Prado, Madrid. A still life (pl.: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, etc.).
File: Henri Matisse, 1899, Still Life with Compote, Apples and Oranges, oil on canvas, 46.4 x 55.6 cm, The Cone Collection, Baltimore Museum of Art.jpg. Add languages.
It features dead birds which are meant to represent mortality and fruits which are meant to convey wealth. These place it between the "ontbijt" ("breakfast piece"), and explicit vanitas pieces. Steenwijck was a still-life specialist. Here the perishable luxury fruits convey wealth, contrasting with the beer, which is the drink of the masses. [1]