MASTER of the Hartford Still-life
(active c. 1600 in Rome)

Table with Fruit and a Vase of Flower

1605-10
Oil on canvas, 101 x 139 cm
Private collection

This still-life is one of the masterpieces of the Master of the Hartford Still-life, the conventional name art historians have assigned to an anonymous still-life specialist active in Rome at the turn of the seventeenth century and part of Giuseppe Cesari's entourage, in close contact with the young Caravaggio. This painting and Caravaggio's Supper at Emmaus at the National Gallery in London have several elements in common: the vantage point is elevated and set back, the items on the table are shown in perspective, and there is a table cover with stylised geometric motifs, overlaid by a white table cloth.




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