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Partridges and a Vase

Peeter van Ruggenberg

Basic information

ID: Ж-838
Author: Peeter van Ruggenberg
Name: Partridges and a Vase
Date of creation: 1st half of the 18th c.
Country: Flanders
Technique: oil painting
Material: wood oil
Dimensions: 29 x 36 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: still life
Plot: Still life
Provenance: the Goluchowski collection

Information about author

Author: Peeter van Ruggenberg
Author in the original: Peeter van Ruggenberg
Artist's lifetime: 1751–1751
Country: Flanders
Biography: Peeter van Ruggenberg remains an understudied figure in art history. It is known that he was born in the small town of Olpe in Westphalia. The first documentary records of the master date back to 1699 and 1700, when he was a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp. In 1707, van Ruggenberg was engaged in the wine trade, but in 1710 he abandoned it. The following year, he was mentioned as an art dealer of the painter Hendrick de Croes. Due to a difficult financial situation, the master moved to Germany in 1743 and later to Prague, where he died in 1751.

Object description

It is known that Peeter van Ruggenberg specialised in still lifes. However, only a few of his works have been identified, including the still life "Partridges and a Vase". The artist presented a hunted partridge and a quail in the picture's interior. They are depicted on a table with a marble top and a richly decorated gilded leg. Behind them is a precious bronze vase adorned with a relief depicting the emperor in the centre. A forest landscape unfolds in the background through the open window. Hunting was available mainly to the Dutch aristocracy at that time. So, the townspeople bought still lifes with hunted prey or hunting scenes to imagine themselves living a luxurious life.

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