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Michele Pace del Campidoglio

Still Life with Figure, ca. 1660

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Michele Pace del Campidoglio, ca. 1610-ca. 1670, Italian

Title

Still Life with Figure

Year

ca. 1660

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

122.2 x 160.7 cm (48 1/8 x 63 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed LR (on rock):Breughel

Place

Italy

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

60.107

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Intermission

December 16, 2016 - July 2, 2017

The Natural World, the Body, and the Divine

February 3 - April 16, 2006

Better Still

February 6 - May 2, 2004

The Facts of Life

June 24 - October 23, 1988

Masterpieces from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

July 18 - September 14, 1979

Baroque Painting, Italy and Her Influence

June 18 - October 12, 1969

Recent Accessions

April 23 - May 28, 1961

European Galleries

This exuberant representation of fruits and vegetables is an example of still-life painting. While celebrating nature’s beauty and variety, its components may also suggest life’s passage from ripeness to decay.

Elaborately staged paintings such as this one were often commissioned to decorate private homes, symbolizing their owners’ prosperity. Still-life specialists sometimes collaborated with figure painters, which was likely the case here. A young boy originally leaned in at the left to admire the cascading harvest, but he was later overpainted and replaced by a voluptuous young woman, perhaps at the request of a patron. 

Use

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