Monthly Archives: May 2012
Still Life with Bread, Butter and Cheese – Smith 1754
George Smith, 1714-1776 from Yale Center for British Art Day 3 of bread week, there is a tall loaf of white bread for you. Detail: decanter, bread, cheese, butter, plate, glass, wine, knife, table cloth
Rich and Poor – Unknown Painter 17th Century
Day 2 of Bread Week on Siftingthepast. The rich man has bread in abundance and variety and the poor man none. Detail: food, bread, manchet bread
Still Life with Bread by Ceruti about 1750
Giacomo Ceruti 1698 – 1767 It’s bread week on Siftingthepast in honor of the new bread series we are doing on Youtube – part one is on Ship’s Bisket. Detail: pewter plate, bread, nuts, knife, glass tumber, redware pitcher, sausage
Kitchen Still-Life – Schooten
Floris Gerritsz. van Schooten 1590 – 1655? Detail: food, produce, cabbage, artichoke, ham, brass kettle, copper pan, pottery cooking pot, jar, table, bench, basket, bowl, apples, fish, knife, kitchen.
The Watercress Girl – Smith 1780
John Raphael Smith, 1752-1812 from the Yale Center for British Art Detail: girl, street seller, pinned bodice, cape, basket, food, hat, fichu, elbow, pins, printed neck handkerchief, apron
Hob Selling Beer at the Wake – Laguerre 1725
John Laguerre, 1688-1746 from the Yale Center for British Art This painting depicts a scene from the opera Flora. Detail: gentleman, waiter, table, bench, apron, bottle, glass, clown, tent, game, child, basket, tricorn.