The Blackcurrant Pie
The Blackcurrant Pie is a 1641 still life painting by the Dutch artist Willem Claesz. Heda. It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 1745.[2]
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| Artist | Willem Claesz. Heda |
| Year | 1641 |
| Medium | oil painting on panel |
| Movement | Dutch Golden Age painting Still life painting |
| Subject | A blackcurrant pie on a table covered by a white tablecloth, with a rummer, a nautilus shell, a lemon, and further drinking vessels |
| Dimensions | 57.5 cm × 79 cm (22.6 in × 31 in)[1] |
| Location | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg |
| Accession | 1948 |
The painting is representative of the mature Heda's style of banketjestukken ("breakfeast pieces").[3] The setting and the objects reappear with variants in several of Heda's paintings of that period (see below). The Blackcurrant Pie does not simply depict a still life with a great emphasis on texture and reflections, but also expresses the transience of all things (the lemon is peeled and cut in half, the rummer is half empty, the pie is partly eaten); it serves as an allegory.[1]
Other versions
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References
- Le Bideau-Vincent, Sandrine (February 2009). Collection du musée des Beaux-Arts – Peinture flamande et hollandaise XVème-XVIIIème siècle. Strasbourg: Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. pp. 210–211. ISBN 978-2-35125-030-3.
- Jacquot, Dominique (2006). Le musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Cinq siècles de peinture. Strasbourg: Musées de Strasbourg. pp. 110–111. ISBN 2-901833-78-0.
- "breakfast piece". oxfordreference.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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