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The

Botella y frutero

still life is one of the most famous by its author, José Victoriano González Pérez.

Or rather,

Juan Gris,

as the cubist painter is known worldwide who, like all those of this trend, did cubism "without having any intention of doing cubism", as one of the fathers of the movement,

Pablo Ruiz Picasso himself, pointed out.

Be that as it may, Gris drafted this work in 1919 in Paris during his time as a

fugitive from Spanish justice

(which lasted until his death in 1927...) for having refused to perform military service in his homeland. .

Well then,

Bottle and Fruit Bowl

is one of the works at

the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

in Madrid that are part of

The Culture of Wine

, a thematic tour guided by a selection of 19 creations made between 1509 and 1919 linked to this liquid element that show its

evolution in art throughout history

.

"They also express how the painters who portray it in their pieces saw it," adds Maribel Hipólito, head of Promotion and Marketing at the art gallery.

Audio-tasting of the experience.THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA MUSEUM

The itinerary includes other

ethylic

works such as

Young peasant with a bottle,

by Tomasso Salini;

Lot and his daughters

from him, from

Orazio Gentilsechi's workshop;

Bacchus and Ariadne,

by

Sebastiano Ricci

;

Portrait of Matthäus Schwarz,

by Cristoph Amberger;

or

The merry violinist with a glass of wine,

by Gerrit van Honthorst.

All these representations are not only included in the wine itinerary through the center, but are also the protagonists of the recently launched

Art & Wine Madrid Tour experience

, which allows you to tour the capital through its art and gastronomy.

As?

Tasting wines related to the previous visit to the museum in the emblematic Mercado de San Miguel.

The works 'Bottle and fruit bowl' and 'Vertumo and Pomona'.

There are

two different formats to enjoy the plan.

The first proposes signing up for the tasting within seven calendar days after the tour of the Paisaje de la Luz enclave.

It is enough to present the ticket at El 19, one of the 34 market stalls, "and they will be able to follow an

audio-tasting of three wines

linked to the route taken", continues Hipólito.

Thus, through a QR code, visitors will be able to access information about the wines served, their history, their

tasting notes,

as well as a recommendation on the pairings that best combine them.

The other Thyssen-Bornemisza experience, more personalized, allows you to enjoy the art center

behind closed doors

before it opens to the public, from 9 to 10 in the morning.

Then, a guide will accompany the participants (a maximum of six) during their route through the selection of works from

The Culture of Wine.

This way they will discover that the

still life by Gris

with which we started the text is not the only one in the show.

There is also the

Fruit cake and various objects

by Willem Claesz Heda, or the

Porcelain and nautilus cup

, by Will Kalf.

Stalls of the San Miguel Market.SHUTTERSTOCK

It would be necessary to add religious works such as

The Virgin and Child in a bunch of grapes

(

Lucas Cranach the Elder

) or

Saint Elizabeth offering bread and wine to the beggars

(anonymous German).

And it is that wine has not only been linked since time immemorial to daily life, but also to "

religious rituals

, being a privilege for the powerful and comfort for the unfortunate, a vehicle for sociability and an object of economic exchange", argue the historians Juan Pan -Montojo and Teresa de la Vega.

What's more, its function as a source of inspiration has always been there.

"Fruit of an

ancient tradition

, fosters new experiences in encounters with other people and landscapes and, like art, invites us to enjoy life", they add.

Juanma Galán, sommelier at the Estimar restaurant. ESTIMAR

After soaking up so much oenological knowledge, visitors continue their journey at the aforementioned Mercado de San Miguel, where the tasting of this second plan also includes a pairing with

dishes from various stalls

.

In addition, it is much more exclusive (1,100.50 euros for two people), since the conductors for five wines from different Spanish denominations of origin are

Juanma Galán and María José Huerta,

the award-winning sommeliers of renowned restaurants such as

Estimar

, the

Madrid

brother

of the grilled cuisine and chef Rafa Zafra's products at the luxurious Palace hotel in Barcelona, ​​or

La Terraza del Casino

, with two Michelin stars by Paco Roncero.

Both are in charge of crowning this enoartistic symbiosis throughout the city.

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