Name of Object:A pair of still-life paintings: Confectionery and Pottery and Confectionery and Flowers Location:Santarém, Santarém, Portugal Holding Museum:Museum and House of Anselmo Braamcamp Freire About Museum and House of Anselmo Braamcamp Freire, Santarém Date of Object:1676 Artist(s) / Craftsperson(s):Josefa de Ayala e Cabrera (Josefa d'Óbidos) (1630, Seville-1684, Óbidos) Museum Inventory Number:BMS/005005/PI BMS/005007/PI Material(s) / Technique(s):Oil on canvas Dimensions:Confectionery and Pottery: h: 84 cm; w: 160.5 cm Confectionery and Flowers: h: 85 cm; w: 160.5 cm Workshop / Movement:Josefa de Ayala workshop Provenance:Anselmo Braamcamp Freire collection Type of object:Still-life / Bodegones Period of activity:1646–1684 Place of production:Óbidos Description:This is one of two still-life paintings belonging to the Anselmo Braamcamp Freire collection by Josefa d' Óbidos. The influence of the Flemish, Dutch and Andalusian schools, which Josefa d' Óbidos adapted to her Naturalist genre to create her own distinct style, is clearly visible here. The painting reveals an essential simplicity, in which the central details are the confectionary, the pottery and flowers, and it is this very simplicity allied to the artist's delicate technique as well as a wide colour palette, that transform these works into silent and realistic worlds of living objects in all their serenity. Josefa d’ Óbidos' still-life evokes the Counter-Reformation's Baroque ideas in which Man's gesture and behavioural excesses contrast with purity and simplicity. Details like bread, cakes, silver and embroidery symbolise human values in contrast to the flowers, representing spiritual values. Original Owner:Private collection Current Owner:Museu Biblioteca Braamcamp Freire How date and origin were established:Signed and dated: “+ / Josepha. Em Óbidos. / 1676.” How Object was obtained:Anselmo Braamcamp Freire bequeathed his palace, books and art collection to the nation; the palace is now Santarém Public Library and the bequest included the two paintings seen here. Selected bibliography:Sequeira, G. M. de, Inventário Artístico de Portugal, Distrito de Santarém, vol. III, Lisbon, ANBA, 1949, p. 73. Serrão V., (ed), Josefa de Óbidos e o tempo Barroco, exhibition catalogue, I.P.P.C., Lisbon, 1991, p. 203. Citation of this web page:Susana Alves "A pair of still-life paintings: Confectionery and Pottery and Confectionery and Flowers" in "Discover Baroque Art", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://baroqueart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;BAR;pt;Mus11;7;en Prepared by: Susana Alves
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