Spanish school, XIX century.

Spanish School, XIX century.
"Still life of fruits and birds".
Oil on canvas.
Without signature.
It has several patches on the back.
Measurements: 40 x 38 cm, 54 x 71 cm (frame).

In the Spain of the XIX century, the painting of still lifes lived a remarkable development, maintaining the inheritance of the Golden Age and adapting to the bourgeois tastes of the time. Artists paid special attention to still lifes of fruits, flowers, game birds and everyday objects, combining technical virtuosity and a taste for meticulous detail. The transparencies of glass cups and jars, the metallic reflections, the textures of flowers or the skin of fruits became exercises of precision and realism, highly valued in academies and national exhibitions. These compositions, carefully ordered and soberly illuminated, not only demonstrated the painter's skill, but also responded to a decorative and symbolic demand, evoking abundance, the fleetingness of life and the domestic refinement of the 19th century.