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An Old Woman Cooking Eggs
The painting depicts an old woman preparing eggs — or according to some interpretations cooking them — serving as an example of Diego Velázquez's early Sevillian period work. The composition shows a realistic genre scene with a clear use of chiaroscuro and naturalistic precision of details such as kitchen utensils and the play of light on surfaces.
Portrait of the Creator
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Artist
Diego Velázquez
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Date of birth and death
Baptised on 6 June 1599 – Died 6 August 1660
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Natinality
Spanish
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Style
Baroque
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Significant works
The Surrender of Breda, Rokeby Venus, Portrait of Innocent X, Las Meninas, Las Hilanderas
Information about the work
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Year:
1618
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Execution technique:
Oil on canvas
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Location:
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Theme:
genre scene, realism, everyday life, kitchen
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
The work conveys the daily, prosaic activities of ordinary people while simultaneously showing the emotional atmosphere and mystique of ordinary moments, characteristic of Velázquez's realism.
The key to interpreting the work
The painting should be analyzed as an important example of Baroque genre painting and realism, with attention to the use of chiaroscuro and details reflecting the kitchen atmosphere.See other works by this artist
The Virgin appearing to St Ildephonsus and giving him a robe
- Artist: Diego Velázquez
- Year: 1620
