Year 1633 Period Baroque Genre Still life | Medium Oil on canvas Created 1633 Support Canvas | |
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Dimensions 62.2 cm × 107 cm (23.6 in × 42.1 in) Location Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Artists Francisco de Zurbarán, Maurice de Vlaminck Similar Francisco de Zurbarán artwork, Still life artwork, Baroque artwork | ||
Still life with lemons oranges and a rose
Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose is an oil-on-canvas painting by Baroque Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán completed in 1633. It is currently displayed at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California as part of its permanent collection. It holds the distinction of being the only still life that was signed and dated by the artist and is considered a masterwork of the genre.
Contents
- Still life with lemons oranges and a rose
- still life with lemons oranges and a rose recreation
- Composition and Analysis
- References
still life with lemons oranges and a rose recreation
Composition and Analysis
The painting shows three groups of objects (a saucer of four citrons, a basket of oranges, and a saucer holding both a cup of water and a rose) resting on a table against a dark background. Each group of objects are placed equidistant from one another and form a spatial and geometrical balance due to their pyramidal organization. As described by Andreas Prater:
Norman Bryson writes:
Many of Zurbaran's works contained Christian themes, and the objects in the painting are often interpreted as having symbolic meaning as alluding to the Holy Trinity or as an homage to the Virgin Mary.
Morten Lauridsen wrote in the Wall Street Journal: