An unpublished canvas by Francisco Barrera (1595-1658): notes for a ridiculous painting in the Spanish 17th century

Abstract

This article presents a ridiculous painting by Francisco Barrera, which helps contextualize other anonymous works of similar matter and author, in order to understand with more detail the commercial strategies that some artists followed in Madrid in the first half of the 17th century

Keywords

• francisco barrera, pintura de género, naturaleza muerta.