Still Life with Four Vessels

Francisco de Zurbarán

c. 1650 · Oil on canvas · Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

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About this work

Artist: Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664)
Year: c. 1650
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 47 × 79 cm
Collection: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona
Movement: Baroque

Four vessels stand in a row on a ledge against blackness: a pewter plate with a cup, a glazed earthenware jar, a red clay jug and a brass dish, each separated by a little dark space and lit from the left so that the glazes, metal and fired clay answer the light differently. Nothing happens; the objects simply are. Zurbarán, the painter of austere monks and saints for the monasteries of Seville and Extremadura, made very few independent still lifes, and this one, dated to about 1650, has become a touchstone for the Spanish bodegón: the ordinary made solemn. The museum in Barcelona notes how its silence and stillness anticipate the stripped-down compositions of twentieth-century art, and Morandi is often invoked beside it. A closely related version belongs to the Prado. This canvas, under eighty centimetres wide, is in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Still Life with Vessels (Bodegón) in the public domain?

Yes. Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Still Life with Vessels (Bodegón) painted, and in what medium?

Still Life with Vessels (Bodegón) dates from c. 1650 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 47 × 79 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Francisco de Zurbarán's Still Life with Four Vessels — four vessels — a gilt cup, a white jug, a red earthenware flask and a pale pot — set in a row on a ledge against the dark — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. The Spanish Golden Age, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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