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A Roemer with Grapes, Pewter Plates, and a Roll
A Roemer with Grapes, Pewter Plates, and a Roll

A Roemer with Grapes, Pewter Plates, and a Roll

Primary (The Hague, The Netherlands, 1620/1621–Overschie, The Netherlands, 1690)
NationalityDutch, Europe
Date1640-90
MediumOil on wood panel
DimensionsFramed: 36 1/2 × 31 1/4 in. (92.7 × 79.4 cm)
Sight: 28 1/8 × 23 3/8 in. (71.4 × 59.4 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1984.56
Collection AreaEuropean Painting and Sculpture
Object number1984.56
On View
On view
Locations
  • exhibition  BMA, Gallery, A4
Label Text
Still-life painting became popular in Europe in the seventeenth century. Lacking the traditional patronage of Church and court, Dutch artists excelled at these banquet table scenes. They were especially popular among the growing merchant class who were interested in commercial goods. These paintings also served as reminders of the transient nature of life. Here, the artist shows plates precariously set near the edge of the table on a rumpled tablecloth and a knife with its handle jutting out towards the spectator, which suggests a sudden departure of people from the scene. The pocket watch with a winding key on a ribbon further emphasizes the effect of fleeting time.
Exhibitions
Madonna of the Grapes
Unknown Italian
16th century
Three Marys at the Tomb
Jacopo da Empoli (Jacopo Chimenti)
1570s
The Madonna and Child
Unknown Ligurian
1501
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
Jacopo Palma il Giovane
after 1590
Christ Child Holding Wreaths
Carlo Dolci
circa 1663
Saint Catherine
Bartholomaeus Spranger
circa 1583
Saint Ursula
Bartholomaeus Spranger
circa 1583
Wooded Landscape with Peasants
Alexander Keirincx
1638-1642
Saint Margaret
Bartholomaeus Spranger
circa 1583
Personification of Constancy
Cesare Dandini
circa 1634
Portrait of a Man
Sebastiano del Piombo
circa 1516