Still Life with Pipe and Matches

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps painted ‘Still Life with Pipe and Matches’ in 1858. The work features a pipe and scattered matches on a simple surface. Oil on fabric.

The painting measures 13 by 16 inches. It remains unsigned, an unusual choice for Decamps. Currently housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Decamps was born in France in 1803. He was known for his Orientalist scenes, but this still life departs from that theme.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.254.1

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