Jun 28
Juan de Zurbarán was only about twenty when he painted "Still Life with a Bowl of Chocolate". The son of the celebrated Francisco de Zurbarán, he developed a style of still life painting so restrained that every object seems to exist in complete silence. A copper beaker, a fallen ceramic cup, a single pale flower and a red glass vessel sit arranged across a narrow shelf. At the center, a bowl of chocolate rests on a silver stand. In 17th-century Spain, chocolate was still a luxury imported from the Americas, associated with wealth and ritual. Juan died at just 29, leaving behind only a small body of work. This painting is enough to show what was lost. Quelle: meisterdrucke.com
