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ID number: BIRBI-97.5 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Baschenis, Evaristo (1617-1677) Title / Object name: Still Life with Musical Instruments Object type: Painting Place made: Bergamo Culture: Italian Date made: about 1660 Materials: Oil on canvas Measurements: 95.5 x 129 cm Provenance: Private Collection, New York, 1875 -1929; Christie's Auction House, London, 7 December 1928 (lot 130); Wells; A. G. Dickson Ltd, Phillips Auction House, 6 Febuary 1962 (lot 238); Barnard Cohen; The Benjamin Trust, early 1970s; on loan from Trust to Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982-1996; purchased by the Barber Institute, September 1997 |
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A dramatically lit group of objects demonstrates the artist’s mastery of illusion. Note the dust on the lute, to the right, and the sumptuous folds of the curtain above. The painting is an example of a Vanitas, a still life which reminds us of the transience of worldly possessions and accomplishments. The violin with its broken string and the other instruments are silent, their last notes long since played; the books are unread. Inscriptions / Translations: Signed l.l.: EVARISTUS/BASCHENIS/F./BERGOMI Notes: Exhibited: Cleveland Art Gallery, 1982-1996; Trafalgar Galleries, 'Anniversary Exhibition', London, 1996; Royal Academy of Fine Arts, 'Art Treasures of England', London, 1998 (no.312) |
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1 Related People | |
| Baschenis, Evaristo Italian 1617 1677 | |
7 Related Publications | |
| Baschenis, Bergamo & Co. Rosci, Marco 1971 | |
| Art Treasures of England Royal Academy of Arts, London 1998 | |
| Morando's La Rosalinda of 1650 1996 | |
| Cleveland Museum of Art Seventeenth-Century Music Tour Duffin, Ross. W 1993 | |
| Il Pittori Bergamoschi, Il Seciento III Zampetti, Pietro 1985 | |
| Evaristo Baschenis, Bergame Rosci, Marco 1985 | |
| La Natura Morta Italiiana Salerno, Luigi 1984 | |
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