The Ricotta Eaters | |
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Italian: I Mangiatori di Ricotta, French: Les Mangeurs de Ricotta | |
Artist | Vincenzo Campi |
Year | c. 1585 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Subject | Genre painting |
Dimensions | 72 cm × 89.5 cm (28 in × 35.2 in) |
Location | Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Lyon |
The Ricotta Eaters is a c.1585 oil on canvas painting by Vincenzo Campi, showing four figures eating a round ricotta. [1] The artist himself entitled it Buffonaria, which links its four figures to Commedia dell'arte characters, and depicted himself as Pantalone, wearing red costume. [2] In 1875, the work was presented by Jacques Bernard to the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, where it is currently displayed.
The ricotta placed on the tray appears[ citation needed] to form an image of the skull, symbolizing memento mori, a reminder of death, in an atmosphere characterised by excess and abandon. [3]
The Ricotta Eaters | |
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Italian: I Mangiatori di Ricotta, French: Les Mangeurs de Ricotta | |
Artist | Vincenzo Campi |
Year | c. 1585 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Subject | Genre painting |
Dimensions | 72 cm × 89.5 cm (28 in × 35.2 in) |
Location | Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Lyon |
The Ricotta Eaters is a c.1585 oil on canvas painting by Vincenzo Campi, showing four figures eating a round ricotta. [1] The artist himself entitled it Buffonaria, which links its four figures to Commedia dell'arte characters, and depicted himself as Pantalone, wearing red costume. [2] In 1875, the work was presented by Jacques Bernard to the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, where it is currently displayed.
The ricotta placed on the tray appears[ citation needed] to form an image of the skull, symbolizing memento mori, a reminder of death, in an atmosphere characterised by excess and abandon. [3]