Still Life With Herring
by Heritage Images
Title
Still Life With Herring
Artist
Heritage Images
Medium
Drawing - Illustration
Description
Still Life with Herring, Bread, and Cheese, 1858. 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."Creator Jean-Siméon Chardin (French, 1699-1779). (Photo by Heritage Arts/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
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January 28th, 2021
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