19th century Spanish school.
"Still life of fruit".
Oil on canvas.
Size: 53 x 79 cm; 71 x 97 cm (frame).
In this work the artist shows his magnificent ability for still life painting, especially appreciable in his way of working the different qualities of the elements, as well as in the careful modelling through the soft variations of lights and shadows. The intense colouring of the fruit also stands out before our eyes, toned and balanced, very well thought out, but at the same time very naturalistic and warm. The dark background, enveloped in a half-light from which the fruits seem to emerge, is inspired by the black backdrop common in 18th-century Baroque painting. Similarly, this asymmetrical yet balanced, rational composition derives directly from the Spanish works of Sanchez Cotán, in which the placement of the foodstuffs, arranged in an apparently natural yet perfectly studied manner, is a priority.