Artwork
Still Life with Water Jug, Towel and Jars
Still Life with Water Jug, Towel and Jars is an unspecified painting by the Realist artist Unknown. It dates from 1929 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Overview
‘Still Life with Water Jug, Towel and Jars’ is a 1929 work by the artist identified as 1132_person. The image is part of the collection of the Museum of Ethnography and presents a modest arrangement of everyday objects rendered in a restrained visual language.
Subject & Meaning
The composition features a water jug, a cloth towel, and several jars positioned on a flat surface. By focusing on these ordinary items, the work invites contemplation of form and materiality, emphasizing the quiet presence of domestic objects.
Technique & Style
Rendered with clean lines and limited detail, the piece employs a muted palette of browns, grays and whites. The artist reduces the subjects to their basic shapes, avoiding elaborate texture or illusionistic depth, which creates a sense of simplicity and formal balance.
History & Provenance
Created in 1929, the work entered the Museum of Ethnography’s holdings, where it remains accessible to the public. No further exhibition or ownership changes are recorded beyond its current institutional placement.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
Giacomo and Cardinal Marco, investing Andrea, Abbot of San Zeno, with his Benefice
The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
