Still-Life with Crayfish, Oysters, and Fruit
Cornelis Jansz. de Heem
1675–1725
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 61 x 74 x 5.3 cm (24 x 29 1/8 x 2 1/16 in.); Unframed: 43.5 x 56.7 cm (17 1/8 x 22 5/16 in.)
- Genre
- Paintings
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Flanders
About
The porcelain bowl in this painting most likely came from China. Political turbulence in China effectively eliminated ceramic imports to the West by the 1640s, so the bowl would have been considered at least as valuable as the gold object on the table.