A leading exponent of the Realist movement, Théodule-Augustin Ribot achieved fame with ambitious compositions often inspired by Spanish paintings of the 17th century, a school much in favor in mid-19th-century France. His later works reveal a fascination with the humble subjects of Spanish bodegones, or still lifes of pantry items. Encouraged by Gustave Courbet, Ribot was also admired by Edouard Manet, who shared the painter's affinity for Spanish realism. Ribot's still lifes, popular beyond France, found an echo in those American painters such as William Merritt Chase. 

View this painting in the European Art galleries in the Ahmanson Building, Level 3.