A Vase of Flowers on a Table and Citrus Blossoms

Artist Bartolomé Pérez Spanish, b. Madrid, 1634–d. Madrid, 1698

Datecirca 1660–1670

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions25 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (64.8 x 47 cm)
Frame: 35 3/8 x 28 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (89.9 x 72.4 x 5.7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)

Object numberG.52.9.182

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Provenance"Sons of Santiago Pierrad," Madrid; with Newhouse Galleries, New York; sold to NCMA, 1952.Published ReferencesJuan Antonio Gaya Nuño, La pintura española fuera de España (Madrid: 1958).

W. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no 215, illus. (b-w).

Robert F. Phifer Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1973), 66, illus. (b-w). 67.

Edward J. Sullivan, Catalogue of Spanish Paintings (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1986), cat. no. 21, illus. (b-w) 71.

Claus Grimm, Stilleben (Stuttgart: Belser Verlag, 1995), 165, illus.
Exhibition HistoryMadrid, Palacio de La Biblioteca Nacional, "La Exposición de floreros y bodegones en la pintura española," May 11-June 20, 1935, cat. no. 116.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Robert F. Phifer Collection," March 31-May 13, 1973, 66, illus. (b-w) 67.

Princeton, NJ, The Art Museum, "Painting in Spain, 1650-1700," April 18-June 20, 1982; Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, July 18-September 19, 1982, cat.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Spanish Still-Life Paintings from the Permanent Collection" (collateral exhibition to: "Luis Meléndez: Spanish Still-Life Painter of the Eighteenth Century"), January 12-March 10, 1985, brochure, pp. 5-6.

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