Still Life with Birds – II
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Basic information
- ID
- Ж-4757
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Still Life with Birds – II
- Date of creation
- 18th c.
- Technique
- oil painting
- Material
- canvas oil
- Dimensions (height x width, cm)
- 87.5 x 52.5
Additionally
- Type
- painting
- Genre
- still life
- Provenance
- the Rzewuski collection (Pidhirtsi Castle) Lviv Historical Museum
- Exposition
- Olesko Castle
Information about author
Object description
In the inventory records of the Pidhirtsi Castle the work "Still Life with Birds - II" was mentioned in 1768, between 1812 and 1813, in 1859, 1887, and 1939; it has the character of trompe l'oeil and is called "like a painted board". The background is an imitation of a wooden board. The composition consists of two dead hanging birds placed in the center, scissors, quills, one of which is broken, and a sheet of paper with the image of a nobleman. The texture of the wood is depicted in detail. Things aren’t united by a certain theme, however they are balanced and clear. Still lifes of a similar type were extremely popular in castles in our lands; they could be seen in Pidhirtsi and Zolochiv castles, Laszki Murowane, etc.
