File:Abraham Mignon - Fruit Still-Life with Squirrel and Goldfinch - WGA15666.jpg
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[edit]Abraham Mignon: Fruit still life with goldfinch and squirrel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Fruit Still-Life with Squirrel and Goldfinch |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | still life | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | circa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 80.5 cm (31.6 in) ; width: 99.5 cm (39.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+80.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+99.5U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1954840 |
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Accession number |
GK 445 (Hessen Kassel Heritage) |
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Notes |
label QS:Les,"Bodegón"
label QS:Lhu,"Csendélet"
label QS:Lca,"Natura morta"
label QS:Lde,"Stillleben"
label QS:Lfa,"طبیعت بیجان"
label QS:Lbg,"Натюрморт"
label QS:Lfy,"Stillibben"
label QS:Lka,"ნატურმორტი"
label QS:Lja,"静物画"
label QS:Lhe,"טבע דומם"
label QS:Ltg,"Натюрморт"
label QS:Lko,"정물화"
label QS:Lkk,"Натюрморт"
label QS:Leo,"Fono"
label QS:Lcs,"Zátiší"
label QS:Lbs,"Mrtva priroda"
label QS:Lit,"Natura morta"
label QS:Lfr,"Nature morte"
label QS:Lhr,"Mrtva priroda"
label QS:Lzh,"静物画"
label QS:Luk,"Натюрморт"
label QS:Ltr,"Natürmort"
label QS:Lpt,"Natureza-morta"
label QS:Lmt,"Natura mejta"
label QS:Llv,"Klusā daba"
label QS:Lsh,"Mrtva priroda"
label QS:Llt,"Natiurmortas"
label QS:Lsl,"Tihožitje"
label QS:Lsv,"Stilleben"
label QS:Lsr,"Мртва природа"
label QS:Lth,"ภาพนิ่ง"
label QS:Lnn,"Stilleben"
label QS:Lru,"Натюрморт"
label QS:Lnl,"Stilleven"
label QS:Lro,"Natură statică"
label QS:Lmk,"Мртва природа"
label QS:Lpl,"Martwa natura"
label QS:Let,"Natüürmort"
label QS:Len,"Still life"
label QS:Lhy,"Նատյուրմորտ"
label QS:Lda,"Stilleben"
label QS:Lgl,"Natureza morta" |
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Source/Photographer |
Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork reference_wga QS:P973,"http://www.wga.hu/html/m/mignon/still_3.html" |
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JPEG file comment | MIGNON, Abraham
(b. 1640, Frankfurt, d. 1679, Wetzlar) Fruit Still-Life with Squirrel and Goldfinch - Oil on canvas, 80,5 x 99,5 cm Staatliche Museen, Kassel This painting is a variation on the artist's style as seen in his other works. However, the individual objects are no longer scattered across the forest ground but are grouped together in an arched niche, to form a fruit-basket motif that resembles the display of a harvest festival. The painting contains both Eucharistic symbols and an element of transience, indicated by the small number of rotten spots of the fruit, as well as the presence of a clock, and the dualism of good and evil. The two rather cute little animals, a squirrel and a goldfinch, are also in opposition to each other. The squirrel seems to be chained up, but on closer inspection we notice that it has managed to free itself. It has cracked open a walnut and is now eating its kernel. The squirrel had been regarded as a symbol of the evil since the Middle Ages. In this painting it embodies the unleashing of evil in the form of harmlessness. The bell collar around its neck also identifies it as a 'fool' and thus a sinner. The meaning of a squirrel eating walnut becomes obvious when we consider that St Augustine saw the walnut as a symbol of Christ, with the shell as the wood of the cross and the kernel as the life-giving nature of Christ. Unlike the squirrel, the goldfinch is a christological symbol, particularly with reference to the Passion. Its positive meaning can be gathered from its position in the upper portion of the painting (top=sphere of salvation). The actions of the bird are worth nothing. Chained to an arched semicircle, from which it can peck food out of a small container, it is pulling up a thimble-sized receptacle from the left-hand edge of the shelf. It is filled with water or - more likely - wine (as a Eucharistic symbol of the blood of Christ), which has been scooped out of a conical glass without stem or base.
Author: MIGNON, Abraham Title: Fruit Still-Life with Squirrel and Goldfinch Time-line: 1651-1700 School: German Form: painting Type: still-life |
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- Paintings by Abraham Mignon
- Still-life paintings in Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
- 1651-1700 paintings
- 17th-century oil on canvas paintings in Germany
- 17th-century paintings in Hesse
- 17th-century still life paintings in Germany
- 17th-century still-life paintings of fruit baskets
- 17th-century still-life paintings of fruits
- 17th-century still-life paintings with living animals
- 17th-century still-life paintings with living birds
- Animals eating in art
- Gourds in art
- Oil still-life paintings
- Still-life paintings of melons
- Still-life paintings with grapes
- Still-life paintings with squirrels
- 1680s paintings of fruits
- Pocket watches in art
- 17th-century glassware in paintings
- Open lids
- Still-life paintings with plums
- Still-life paintings with peaches
- Paintings of walnuts
- Still-life paintings with chestnuts
- Still-life paintings of cherries
- Still-life paintings of blackberries
- Still-life paintings of birds
- Still-life paintings with snails
- Still-life paintings of glassware
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- WGA form: painting
- WGA type: still-life
- WGA School: German
- WGA time period: 1651-1700