Still Life
- Date
- 1598–1942
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 20 1/16 x 49 1/8 in. (51 x 124.8 cm)
framed: 29 5/8 x 58 1/4 in. (75.2 x 148 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 114:1942
Provenance
Duke of Valencia [1]
by 1933 - 1942
Maxwell Blake, Tangier, Morocco; Kansas City, MO, USA [2]
1942 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Maxwell Blake [3]
Notes:
[1] According to the Museum accession record, the painting was previously in the collection of the Duke of Valencia [SLAM document files].
[2] A 1933 article about this painting - considered at the time to be an authentic work by Zurbarán - indicates that it is from the collection of Maxwell Blake, Tangier [Fry, Roger. "A Still Life Painting by Zurbaran." "Burlington Magazine" (363:62) June 1933, p. 252-253]. Maxwell Blake served as the U.S. minister to Tangier in the early 1930s. The article also states that Blake acquired the painting in Spain.
[3] Payment receipt dated August 15, 1942 from the Museum to Maxwell Blake, Kansas City [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, August 6, 1942.
by 1933 - 1942
Maxwell Blake, Tangier, Morocco; Kansas City, MO, USA [2]
1942 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Maxwell Blake [3]
Notes:
[1] According to the Museum accession record, the painting was previously in the collection of the Duke of Valencia [SLAM document files].
[2] A 1933 article about this painting - considered at the time to be an authentic work by Zurbarán - indicates that it is from the collection of Maxwell Blake, Tangier [Fry, Roger. "A Still Life Painting by Zurbaran." "Burlington Magazine" (363:62) June 1933, p. 252-253]. Maxwell Blake served as the U.S. minister to Tangier in the early 1930s. The article also states that Blake acquired the painting in Spain.
[3] Payment receipt dated August 15, 1942 from the Museum to Maxwell Blake, Kansas City [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, August 6, 1942.
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