St. Cirq Elder

Pierre Daura (Pedro Francisco Daura y Garcia)

1930-1934

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This still life of inanimate objects has been assembled on a table draped with red and blue textiles. The arrangement includes a globe, a skull with a detached jawbone, a book opened to pages with printed portraits of Charles I and Henrietta a round box with coral branches on the lid, shells, a statue of a putto, two female busts, bubbles, glasses, and a candleholder that has fallen over with the candle just snuffed out.
A nude woman with arms crossed behind her head reclines on a couch. Floral motifs decorated the wall behind her.
Villagers gather and listen to a man near the center of the composition in a black mask play guitar. A man dressed in all black stands on a small stage. Another man peaks out of a curtain on the right. In the background sits a city in ruins on a grassy hill.
A man stands in front of a mirror and table. He holds a razor to his face with his left hand and makes a gesture with his right hand. This plate is from book Les ames mortes (Dead Souls) by Nicolas Gogal.