Still Life With Asparagus

**THE STORY** This still life is my tribute to this delicious vegetable with historical background. In 53 BC Caesar reached the city of Mediolanum, that is Milan, during the victorious campaign against the Gauls. Invited to the residence of Valerio Leonte, the guest was celebrated by serving a huge plate of asparagus with butter, a typical Celtic seasoning. Roman generals felt deeply offended by the asparagus which in Rome was only used for grooming. But Caesar, irreproachable, devoured the asparagus and thanked the landlord, summoning his generals to utter one of the capital phrases in the philosophy of taste: **De gustibus non est disputandum (in matters of taste, there can be no dis...View all