Silver Wine Jug, Ham, and Fruit (c. 1660–66): Art, History and Details

Silver Wine Jug, Ham, and Fruit (c. 1660–66) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Abraham van Beyeren (Dutch, 1620/21–1690).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

With their typically large scale, and loose and energetic brushwork, Abraham van Beyeren’s opulent still life paintings were designed to be seen from a slight distance—perhaps installed over a mantelpiece. Here, for example, the silver wine jug is painted with rough strokes that seem almost abstract when viewed up close, but from a distance it becomes a fully realized object shimmering with complex reflections—including a ghostly self-portrait of the artist at his easel.

Object facts

• Title: Silver Wine Jug, Ham, and Fruit
• Date: c. 1660–66
• Creator attribution: Abraham van Beyeren (Dutch, 1620/21–1690)
• Culture: Netherlands
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: Framed: 124.5 x 108 x 8.5 cm (49 x 42 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 99.7 x 82.6 cm (39 1/4 x 32 1/2 in.)
• Collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch
• Department: European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1960.80

A detail from the museum

Look closely: the shimmering surface of the silver wine jug reflects a portrait of the artist at his easel.

Collection credit

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Datenbank zum Central Collecting Point München, Deutsches Historisches Museum, http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/ccp/dhm\_ccp.php?seite=6&fld\_1=30958&fld\_3=&auswahl=6&fld\_4=&fld\_4a=&fld\_5=&fld\_6=&fld\_7=&fld\_8=&fld\_9=&fld\_10=&suchen=Suchen.
• Datenbank zum Central Collecting Point München, Deutsches Historisches Museum, http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/ccp/dhm\_ccp.php?seite=6&fld\_1=30958&fld\_3=&auswahl=6&fld\_4=&fld\_4a=&fld\_5=&fld\_6=&fld\_7=&fld\_8=&fld\_9=&fld\_10=&suchen=Suchen.
• Datenbank zum Central Collecting Point München, Deutsches Historisches Museum, http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/ccp/dhm\_ccp.php?seite=6&fld\_1=30958&fld\_3=&auswahl=6&fld\_4=&fld\_4a=&fld\_5=&fld\_6=&fld\_7=&fld\_8=&fld\_9=&fld\_10=&suchen=Suchen.

View the collection record

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