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Provenance
Estate of Rodríguez y Jiménez, Madrid
Private Collection, Madrid
Sale, Christie's, Madrid, 4 October 2006, lot 69
Literature
I. Bergström, Maestros Españoles de Bodegones y Floreros del Siglo XVII, Madrid, 1970, ill. cat. no 31.
Fully signed paintings by Camprobín are rare and this still life composition is unusual in his oeuvre. It is interesting to note that each individual element was used separately a number of times by Camprobín and he brings them together here to create a unique and eye catching still life.
It is also evident from this painting how influential contemporary Spanish still life painters had been on him. The painting shows elements of Juan van der Hamen in the overall composition, Juan de Zurbarán in the little plate of apricots and Tomás Hiepes in the Basket of Flowers. Camprobin has, however, painted the picture in his own unique style, as is exemplified by a certain softness of brushstroke and delicate colouring, particularly in the treatment of the flowers. Similarities can be drawn between this still life and a pair of Flowers in Baskets in a Private Collection (see: P. Cherry, Arte y Nauraleza. El Bodegón Español en el Siglo de Oro, Fundación de Apoyo a la Historia del Arte Hispánico, Madrid 1999, ill. pl. XCII).