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Still life with a a bottle and tin plate
Still life with a a bottle and tin plate is an oil painting by the Impressionist artist Suze Robertson. It dates from 1896 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Subject & Meaning
Suze Robertson painted Still life with a bottle and tin plate in 1892, depicting a solitary bottle alongside a tin plate as a simple domestic still life.
Suze Robertson painted Still life with a bottle and tin plate in 1892, depicting a solitary bottle alongside a tin plate as a simple domestic still life. The work reflects the artist's focus on ordinary household objects without overt symbolic or allegorical meaning. This composition underscores the aesthetic value found in mundane items typical of late 19th-century Dutch still-life painting. The painting measures 76.5 cm in height by 91.5 cm in width.
Robertson's Still life with a bottle and tin plate is housed in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, where it remains part of the museum's display of Dutch still-life works from the late 1800s.
Technique & Style
The work is executed in oil paint on canvas, a standard medium for late nineteenth-century still life painting. Its support measures 76.5 cm in height by 91.5 cm in width, giving it a horizontal orientation suited to a tabletop arrangement. The composition centers on a bottle alongside a tin plate, the metallic surface of the plate providing a textural counterpoint to the rounded glass form.
Suze Robertson, working in 1892, handled the subject with the restrained palette and direct observation typical of Dutch still life tradition of the period.
The painting is held by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, which also lists the work among its holdings, with the Rijksmuseum additionally noted as a collection associated with the piece. No specific condition report is documented in the available sources.
History & Provenance
Still life with a bottle and tin plate, painted by Suze Robertson in 1892, is held in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. The work, executed in oil on canvas and measuring 76.5 by 91.5 cm, is also associated with the Rijksmuseum. No specific inventory or accession number is recorded in the available sources, and no exhibition history is documented.
Overview
Created in 1896, this oil painting by Dutch artist Suze Robertson presents a modest still‑life arrangement on a rough stone wall. A simple ledge supports a handful of everyday objects, a bottle, a tin plate, a loaf‑like form, and a cluster of bulbous yellow items, arranged with a quiet, unembellished realism that invites close inspection.
Context
Robertson’s painting aligns with the broader Impressionist interest in light and surface, yet it retains a restrained palette and a focus on modest subjects typical of the Amsterdamse Joffers. By portraying humble objects with careful attention to texture and illumination, the work bridges the Dutch realist tradition and the fleeting sensibility of late‑19th‑century Impressionism.
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Artist
Suze Robertson (17 December 1855 – 18 October 1922) was a Dutch painter. She belonged to a group of artists known as the Amsterdamse Joffers.
