Sujet
Still Life with Pipe and Matches and Still Life with Herring, Bread, and Cheese (pair), 1858. Creator: Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, 1803-1860).
Légende
Still Life with Pipe and Matches and Still Life with Herring, Bread, and Cheese (pair), 1858. The artist was a smoker. In this composition the place of honor is given to a pipe made in Austria around the middle of the 19th century. It is made of precious materials--meerschaum, silver, amber, horn or lacquered wood--that are carefully fashioned, all lovingly rendered by the artist. The cord with a tassel (perhaps of horsehair) is not just a decorative element, it is a security measure in case the precious bowl of the pipe becomes detached from the pipe stem. The pipe is surrounded by ordinary smoker's accessories--a cigar case, a snuffbox, and a match holder in porcelain--all placed on a Turkish rug. The Latin inscription translates: "Use, not abuse." In 1858 Decamps was 55 years old and not in the best of health. Perhaps a doctor had advised him to reduce his consumption of tobacco.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19G08_056
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
95,6Mo (8,1Mo) / 37,6cm x 63,7cm / 4438 x 7526 (300dpi)