Even without the help of the painted words, this still life breathes a strong and confident spirit. The brushwork is firm and decisive,the colors enticing. The same energy and vitality displayed in his contemporary portraits and landscapes can be perceived here. Above all, van Gogh revels in distributing colors with absolute brio. His mastery of details,such as the red edge of the table, or its animated surface of pink, mauve ,and light green dashes ,does not amount to a gratuitous approach to painting but display , on the contrary , his refined sense for a calculated and sensitive balance of components.