Tobacco Still Life

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Tobacco Still Life

1637
Paintings
Oil on wood panel
Panel: 16 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (41.91 × 54.61 cm) Framed: 25 × 29 1/2 × 3 in. (63.5 × 74.93 × 7.62 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Carter (M.2003.108.4)
European Painting
Not currently on public view

Provenance

[Jean Lenthal, Paris]. [P. de Boer, Amsterdam, in 1949 until at least 1951]. J. M. Redele, Dordrecht, by 1952, sold 1978 through; [G.

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[Jean Lenthal, Paris]. [P. de Boer, Amsterdam, in 1949 until at least 1951]. J. M. Redele, Dordrecht, by 1952, sold 1978 through; [G. Cramer, The Hague, to]; Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Carter, Los Angeles, given 2003 to; LACMA.
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The toebakje, a still life of smoking implements, was introduced in Haarlem during the late 1620s by Willem Claesz. Heda and Pieter Claesz....
The toebakje, a still life of smoking implements, was introduced in Haarlem during the late 1620s by Willem Claesz. Heda and Pieter Claesz. In this painting, clay pipes, a crockery brazier, a tobacco box, and zwavelsticks (matches) lie scattered on a table next to various drinking vessels. By 1637 smoking had lost much of its original negative associations and moral warnings against vice and was generally accepted by the middle class as a popular pastime enjoyed with a glass of beer.
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Bibliography

  • Walsh, Jr., John., and Cynthis P. Schneider. A Mirror of Nature:  Dutch Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Carter (Second Edition).  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1992.

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