Still-Life with Crayfish, Oysters, and Fruit (late 1600s or early 1700s): Art, History and Details

Still-Life with Crayfish, Oysters, and Fruit (late 1600s or early 1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Cornelis de Heem (Flemish, 1631–1695).

The work and its context

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

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.

Object facts

• Title: Still-Life with Crayfish, Oysters, and Fruit
• Date: late 1600s or early 1700s
• Creator attribution: Cornelis de Heem (Flemish, 1631–1695)
• Culture: Flanders
• Type: Painting
• Technique: 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.)
• Collection: P - Netherlandish-Flemish
• Department: European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 2008.290

Collection credit

Bequest of Muriel Butkin

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