# Still-Life with Pumpkin, Plums, Cherries, Figs and Jug

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## Artwork

- Artist: [RIBOT, Théodule-Augustin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ribot-thodule-augustin-rdec015133f2b63>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 60 x 74 cm

## Commentary

Still-Life with Pumpkin, Plums, Cherries, Figs and Jug c. 1860 Oil on canvas, 60 x 74 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao Ribot painted his still-lifes by night, using artificial light to create shadows and confer greater volume and texture upon his objects. In this work he presents a large pumpkin on a silver platter, together with figs, cherries and plums and a decorated ceramic jug. To enliven the composition Ribot makes an allusion to human intervention - someone has cut a piece of pumpkin; on the left a fig has been squashed to reveal the juicy pulp and on the right one of the plums has been cut in halves. A strong light enters the composition from the left, illuminating the spherical shapes of the pumpkin and the jug, albeit leaving the latter and part of the fruit in darkness.

## Related artworks

- [Breton Fishermen and Families](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ribot-thodule-augustin-rdec015133f2b63/breton-fishermen-and-families-re43f71fd440cd0>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ribot-thodule-augustin-rdec015133f2b63/still-life-r4f164bc251371d>)
- [The Good Samaritan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ribot-thodule-augustin-rdec015133f2b63/the-good-samaritan-r14c2f24d700f30>)
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## Attribution

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