# Still-life

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sanchez-cotn-juan-r419011d55dabea/still-life-r9a68b5f6e414ef>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [SANCHEZ COTÁN, Juan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sanchez-cotn-juan-r419011d55dabea>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

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.

## Related artworks

- [Still-Life with Game Fowl](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sanchez-cotn-juan-r419011d55dabea/still-life-with-game-fowl-rdd99e4793561dc>)
- [Still-Life with Game, Vegetable and Fruit](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sanchez-cotn-juan-r419011d55dabea/still-life-with-game-vegetable-and-fruit-rfaa59c73e695b2>)
- [Still-life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sanchez-cotn-juan-r419011d55dabea/still-life-with-quince-cabbage-melon-and-cucumber-r405318311b38a9>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)