Tomás Yepes (1598-1668) Attrib. To - Still Life With Chinese Bowl And Tonalá Vase

- Oil on canvas. Old canvas.

- 102 x 79.5 cm / 114 x 93 cm with late 19th-century frame.

- Study by a historian available. The documents come from an important Madrid collection.

- Tomás Hiepes (or Yepes), the great master of Valencian still life, elevated this genre to the status of a visual chronicle of the prosperity and globalist pluralism that characterized Habsburg Spain in the first half of the 17th century. His compositions, with their quasi-architectural symmetry and order, are not mere kitchen inventories, but showcases of an empire where the world converged around the table: Talavera earthenware and local glazed earthenware rub shoulders with exquisite Ming dynasty porcelain (the famous kraakporselein) and vases from the Indies, reflecting the constant flow of goods transiting the Manila galleon and the fleets of the Indies. In his paintings, abundance manifests itself in the botanical precision of Old World fruits - grapes, pomegranates and figs - alongside the new luxuries of sugar and chocolate, all bathed in a clear, analytical light that lends dignity to the everyday object, transforming still life into a testament to the sophistication of a Valencian bourgeoisie and aristocracy who made the table a cosmopolitan theater of power.