# PEREDA, Antonio de [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1611–1678 - Profession: painter - School: Spanish ## Biography Spanish painter, active mainly in Madrid. He began as a history painter - his Relief of Genoa \(Prado, Madrid, 1635\) was painted for the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid as part of the same series as Velázquez 's Surrender of Breda - but he is now best known for his still-lifes. The most famous painting associated with him is The Knight's Dream \(also called The Dream of Life or Life is a Dream, Academy, Madrid, c. 1650\), a splendidly sensuous composition, full of brilliantly painted still-life details, in which worldly pleasures and treasures are seen to be as insubstantial as a dream. It was a key work in the development of the moralizing still-life in Spain, influencing Valdés Leal in particular. However, the attribution to Pereda has recently been questioned, and Francisco de Palacios \(1622/5-52\) has been suggested as the author. ## Related artworks - [Allegory]() - [St Anthony of Padua with Christ Child \(detail\)]() - [St Anthony of Padua with Christ Child]() - [St Dominic]() - [St Jerome]() - [Stiil-life with a Pendulum]() - [Still-Life with an Ebony Chest]() - [Still-Life with Fruit]() - [The Holy Trinity]() - [The Knight's Dream \(detail\)]() - [The Knight's Dream]() - [The Liberation of St Peter by an Angel]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()