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SANCHEZ COTÁN,
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(b. 1561, Orgaz, d. 1627,
Granada)
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Spanish painter. He was a still-life painter
in Toledo until 1603, when he decided to become a monk, and in the
following year he entered the Carthusian monastery at Granada as a lay
brother. The religious works he painted after this date are
unexceptional, but as a still-life painter he ranks with the great names
of European painting. Characteristically he depicts a few simple fruits
or vegetables, arranged on a ledge or shelf with an almost geometric
clarity and standing out against a dark background (Quince, Cabbage,
Melon, Cucumber). Each form is
scrutinized with such intensity that the pictures take on a mystical
quality, conveying a feeling of wonder and humility in front of the
humblest items in God’s creation. Sánchez Cotán’s austere style had
considerable influence on Spanish painting, notably on Zurbarán.
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Still-life
c. 1600
Oil on canvas, 69 x 85 cm
Museum of Art, San Diego
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Sanchez Cotan studied in Toledo and here he
established the prototype of the Spanish still-life composed mainly from
vegetables. Later he joined the Carthusian Order as a lay-brother and
painted only religious paintings which never reached the quality of his
still-lifes.
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