File:Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps - Still Life with Herring, Bread, and Cheese - 1980.254.2 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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Summary
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps: Still Life with Herring, Bread, and Cheese
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| Artist |
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps |
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| Title |
Still Life with Herring, Bread, and Cheese |
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| Part of |
Still Life with Pipe and Matches and Still Life with Herring, Bread, and Cheese (pair)  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre |
still life |
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| Description |
This painting forms a pair with the Still Life with Pipe and Matches, shown nearby. Along with several other paintings, they decorated the dining room of the artist's home, each painting representing a different stage of a meal. In this composition the artist focused his attention on rendering textures, which are as varied as the objects themselves: the skin of the smoked herrings, whose highlights echo the silver of the goblet and the cover of the pitcher; the spongy surface of the bread; the velvety crust of the cheese; and finally the soft wood surface (pine?) that supports this still life. The Latin inscription translates: "How virtuous and how great to live with simple things." |
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| Date | 1858 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Unframed: 63 x 38 cm (24 13/16 x 14 15/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Modern European Painting and Sculpture |
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| Accession number |
1980.254.2 |
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| Place of creation | France, 19th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Bequest of Noah L. Butkin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.254.2 |
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| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.254.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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