# Still-Life on a Plain Wooden Table [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BEERT, Osias the Elder]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 53 x 75 cm ## Commentary The painting depicts a still-life with a large Wan-Li porcelain dish of fruit, a pewter dish of fruit, medlars and nuts, a moth, two Venetian-style glasses of wine, one white and the other red, a knife with an ornamental handle, white grapes, a roll of bread and half a peach. About half of the known oeuvre of this contemporary of Jan Brueghel the Elder and Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder consists of flower pieces and still-lifes including bouquets; the other half are still-lifes displaying fruit, oysters and other foodstuffs, often in rather costly containers. Usually, as is the case here, Beert's still-lifes have a rather high viewpoint, which allowed the artist to arrange his motifs systematically, while one back corner of the table is often clearly visible. The composition of this still-life is typical of Osias Beert: a rather formal array of containers filled with fruit, supplemented with wine glasses, bread, and a knife, interspersed with some small items. ## Related artworks - [Bouquet in a Niche]() - [Breakfast Still-Life with Oysters]() - [Still-Life of Fruit]() - [Still-life]() - [Still-Life with Cherries and Strawberries in China Bowls \(detail\)]() - [Still-Life with Cherries and Strawberries in China Bowls]() - [Still-Life with Flowers]() - [Still-Life with Oysters and Pastries]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()