- Title:
- Still Life with Book, Papers and Inkwell
- Object name(s):
- Picture; French
- Brief description:
- This small oil painting is typical of the still lifes which, together with scenes of everyday life, form the core of Bonvin's art. His still lifes often include objects associated with a particular profession. The two coins and what might be a ledger book suggest bookkeeping is the profession here. Inkwells, quill pens, books and papers all appear in the pictures of schoolboys, often working at their desks, which Bonvin painted between 1873 and 1879 (the period when this picture was painted), but the spectacles imply an adult is using the items we see here.Bonvin’s paintings recall those of Chardin in the previous century, but also show his familiarity with seventeenth-century Dutch and Spanish painting. This picture is unusual as it is painted on zinc, but the carefully modulated lighting and subtle use of warm complementary colours are characteristic of Bonvin.
- Collection:
- National Gallery
- Accession date:
- 1917-01-01
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1917
- Date - latest:
- 1917
- Acquisition source:
- Sir Hugh Percy Lane
- Credit line:
- Sir Hugh Lane Bequest, 1917, The National Gallery, London. In partnership with Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin.
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Current reproduction location:
- 2/595/645/220/mid_N-3234-00-000012.jpg
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- Overall
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 36.20
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- Overall
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 48.30
- Form:
- None
- Inscription content:
- Signed; Dated
- Material:
- oil on zinc
- Material:
- oil
- Material:
- zinc
- Object name:
- Picture; French
- Object production date:
- 1876
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1876
- Date - latest:
- 1876
- Object production date:
- Date - period:
- 1875-99
- Object production person:
- François Bonvin
- Person's birth date:
- 1817
- Person's death date:
- 1887
- Object production place:
- France
- Object production place:
- Paris
- Other number:
- NG3234
- Other number type:
- object number
- Other number:
- 0G33-0001-0000-0000
- Other number type:
- PID
- Other number:
- NG3234
- Other number type:
- display number
- Other number:
- 000-04OH-0000
- Other number type:
- PID (NG alternative)
- Other number:
- ng33234
- Other number type:
- sort number
- Owner:
- Sir Hugh Percy Lane
- Responsible department/section:
- Main Collection
- Right note:
- To encourage the use and reuse of the National Gallery's collection data, they are released under the following dedications and licences: Structured data (as opposed to narrative texts) are released under a Creative Commons Zero dedication (CC0): https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Descriptions, notes and all other narrative text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC BY): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Images are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 licence (CC BY-NC-ND): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
- Style:
- realist
- User's reference:
- National Gallery Catalogues: French School: Early 19th Century, Impressionists, Post-Impressionists etc.
- Reference details:
- 12-13
- Reference note:
- Latest catalogue
- Reference type:
- reference
- User's reference:
- National Gallery Catalogues: French School
- Reference details:
- 17
- Reference note:
- Previous catalogues
- Reference type:
- reference
- User's reference:
- The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue
- Reference details:
- 50
- Reference note:
- Key bibliography
- Reference type:
- reference
- User's reference:
- Hugh Lane : founder of a gallery of modern art for Ireland /edited by Barbara Dawson ; assisted by Logan Sisley, Jessica O'Donnell, and Michael Dempsey.
- Reference details:
- Ill. (p. 150)
- Reference type:
- reference
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