Juan van der Hamen y León
Still Life with Fruit and Glassware

ArtistSpanish, 1596–1631
CultureSpanish
Titles
  • Still Life with Fruit and Glassware
Date1626
PlaceSpain
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions33 × 44 1/4 in. (83.8 × 112.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Samuel H. Kress Collection
Object number61.78
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
210 Coneway Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceMarquis of Leganés, Madrid (d. 1655), before 1655 (inv. No. 353); [with Victor Spark, New York, 1950]; [with David M. Koetser, New York]; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, 1957 (K2176); on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 1953-1961; gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to MFAH, 1961.
Exhibition HistoryMusee de l'Orangerie, Paris, La Nature Morte de l'Antiquite a Nos Jours, 1952.

"Spanish Still Life in the Golden Age 1600-1650." Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, May 11-August 4, 1985; Toledo Museum of Art, September 8-November 3, 1985.

Exhibited: No exhibition title; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Feb 15 - Dec 1, 1992(LN:92.13)

"A Gift to America: Masterpieces of European Painting from the Samuel H. Kress Collection," at North Carolina Museum of Art, February 5 to April 24, 1994; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 17 to August 7, 1994; Seattle Art Museum, September 8 to November 27, 1994; and The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, December 17, 1994 to March 4, 1995. (LN:94.5)

“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Baffer Foundation," touring Japan from April 13 thru October 3, 1999. Exhibition venues:The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, 13 April - 30 May 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Chiba, Japan, 5 June - 11 July 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, 17 July - 22 August 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 27 August - 3 October 1999. Exhibition catalogue (in Japanese only).

"Juan vander Hamen y Leon and the Court of Madrid," Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid, October 22, 2005–January 22, 2006; Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas, Texas, March 3–May 28,2006.

"Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 16 December, 2012 - 31 March, 2013.

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