File:Espinosa, 1645, A bouquet of flowers in a conch shell, with nuts and figs, surrounded by a wreath of flowers and fruit.jpg

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Juan Bautista de Espinosa: English: A bouquet of flowers in a conch shell, with nuts and figs, surrounded by a wreath of flowers and fruit   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Juan Bautista de Espinosa  (1590–1641)  wikidata:Q330815
 
Alternative names
Juan de Espinosa
Description Spanish painter
Date of birth/death circa 1590
date QS:P,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 before 1641
date QS:P,+1641-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1641-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Location of birth/death Madrid, Spain
Work period from 1612 until 1629
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1612-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1629-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
trained in Holland, worked in Toledo and Madrid
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artist QS:P170,Q330815
Title
English: A bouquet of flowers in a conch shell, with nuts and figs, surrounded by a wreath of flowers and fruit
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Date circa 1645
date QS:P571,+1645-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 80 cm (31.4 in); width: 61 cm (24 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,80U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,61U174728
Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
Notes

Auction sale of Christie's New York: 29. January 1998.
In this unusual painting, the artist has represented an octagonal framed painting of a still-life with flowers within a rustic garland of fruit and flowers. The picture is a witty trompe-l'oeil that delights the viewer with its play on the idea of the ""imitation of nature"", an idea that in the 17th century constituted the very raison d'etre of still-life painting. In the well-known story of the ancient painter Zeuxis - whose painted grapes were so realistic that birds tried to eat them - the pictorial values of illusionism and naturalism were linked together from the very beginnings of the genre in classical antiquity. This painting was also probably directly inspired by the precedent of Zeuxis's grapes.

The painting within the painting represents one of Espinosa's own small still-lifes. This is the painting that is signed by the artist, who painted a number of other still-lifes in which a shell acts as a vase for flowers.
Source/Photographer Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork
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English: Faithful reproduction of an 2D art-work. The author died before 1677 = more than 100 years ago: the image is public-domain

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