Eggs in a pan
(Oeufs sur plat)
(c. 1885-1890)

Antoine VOLLON

Medium: oil on canvas
Measurements: 38.0 × 46.0 cm
Inscription: inscribed in black paint l.r.: A. Vollon (ollon underlined)
Accession Number: 272-2
Department: International Painting
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1906
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location: Not on display
About this work: Antoine Vollon’s still life compositions married the direct depiction of simple foods and utensils with a handling that reflected careful study of the painting techniques of seventeenth-century Spanish and Dutch old masters. From the mid 1860s onward, Vollon’s aintings drew regular crowds at the annual Paris Salons, critical accolades, and a flood of commissions. His success was such as to ignite rumours of his happy disregard – letters unanswered, cheques ignored – for the many collectors seeking his work.
Subjects (general): Still Lifes
Subjects (specific): dishes (vessels for food) eggs (biological bodies) food kitchen pieces pans (containers) pitchers (vessels)
Frame: Reproduction, 1956

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