In this ‘toebackje’ (tobacco scene), a wine-filled earthenware jug, a goblet of wine, an earthenware dish with walnuts, a cracked walnut, a long clay pipe with tobacco and a tobacco pouch are seen on the edge of a table. The pouch only became visible during the recent restoration of the painting. Tobacco was known in the Netherlands from the mid-sixteenth century, and was used as a health product and a stimulant. It was imported from Brazil, Virginia, Maryland and the Caribbean. Gerrit Marschael, a tobacco merchant from Dordrecht, commissioned this still life: it might have been a gift for a client, or a painting produced for publicity purposes.
| Artist |
Hubert van Ravesteyn
RKD
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| Title | Still Life with a Pipe, Nuts, a Pitcher and a Tobacco Pouch |
| Date | ca. 1670 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1923-M |
| Acquisition credit |
long-term loan
OCMW Ghent 1923 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1923-M |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/968/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015638 still lifes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
22C
light
Iconclass
22C5 reflection (light in general) Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 25D12(MARBLE) kinds of non-precious stone: marble Iconclass 25G21(WALNUT) fruits: walnut Iconclass 32B321 African negroes Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A711(+2) table (+ stone) Iconclass 41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass 41C323 glass, rummer Iconclass 41C341(+0) dish, plate, saucer (+ variant) Iconclass 41C6 foodstuffs; still life of foodstuffs Iconclass 41C711 wine ~ alcoholic drinks Iconclass 41C7111 glass of wine Iconclass 41C74 tobacco Iconclass 41C741 pipe ~ tobacco Iconclass 41E still life of miscellaneous objects Iconclass 41E1 still life of related objects Iconclass 46B35 advertising Iconclass 49M412 vignettes (visual works) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 17) |
| Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 134) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 140-141 (ill.)) |
| HIER : Zwart in Rembrandts tijd (tentoonstelling Amsterdam, Museum het Rembrandthuis, 5.03. - 06.09.2020) / Elmer Kolfin, Epco Runia, Stephanie Archangel, Mark Ponte, Marieke De Winkel, David De Witt. - Zwolle : WBOOKS, 2020 (p. 43, p. 125 (ill. 33)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Ghent : The Collection (exhibition opened on March 21th 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2021 |
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