# Still-Life

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HEEM, Jan Davidsz. de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heem-jan-davidsz-de-r2a73332d89e8de>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 72 x 102 cm

## Commentary

This painting depicts a still-life with a lobster, fruit and blue and white ‘kraak’ dishes, from the Ming dynasty, Wanli period, all laid upon a table partly covered in cloth, a large roemer filled with white wine on a casket, a Façon-de-Venise glass also filled with white wine and a silver tazza with grapes and plums. Jan Davidsz. de Heem first painted his celebrated luxury still-lifes \(pronkstilleven\), abundant displays on tables overladen with ornate glass and silverware, fruit and crustacea in Antwerp. The combination of glass, jewel casket and lobster recurs in a number of paintings of this period.

## Related artworks

- [A Table of Desserts](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heem-jan-davidsz-de-r2a73332d89e8de/a-table-of-desserts-rba425b5338ac49>)
- [Banquet Piece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heem-jan-davidsz-de-r2a73332d89e8de/banquet-piece-r545200f7117c60>)
- [Bouquet in a Glass Vase](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heem-jan-davidsz-de-r2a73332d89e8de/bouquet-in-a-glass-vase-ra65600b5faf2f0>)
- [Breakfast Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heem-jan-davidsz-de-r2a73332d89e8de/breakfast-still-life-rfcad070ded7fa6>)
- [Eucharist in Fruit Wreath](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heem-jan-davidsz-de-r2a73332d89e8de/eucharist-in-fruit-wreath-r2d4c6bf4a138bf>)
- [Festoon of Fruit and Flowers \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heem-jan-davidsz-de-r2a73332d89e8de/festoon-of-fruit-and-flowers-detail-r41567d0daff8c5>)
- [Festoon of Fruit and Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heem-jan-davidsz-de-r2a73332d89e8de/festoon-of-fruit-and-flowers-r86bba6a2b7d22b>)
- [Festoon with Flowers and Fruit](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heem-jan-davidsz-de-r2a73332d89e8de/festoon-with-flowers-and-fruit-reca53ee35df1cf>)
- [Flower Still-Life with a Bowl of Fruit and Oysters](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heem-jan-davidsz-de-r2a73332d89e8de/flower-still-life-with-a-bowl-of-fruit-and-oysters-r60bff63d8f4e92>)
- [Flower Still-life with Crucifix and Skull](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heem-jan-davidsz-de-r2a73332d89e8de/flower-still-life-with-crucifix-and-skull-r96be85e3e21f50>)
- [Flowers in Glass and Fruits](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heem-jan-davidsz-de-r2a73332d89e8de/flowers-in-glass-and-fruits-r2baf5611da63f6>)
- [Fruit and a Vase of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heem-jan-davidsz-de-r2a73332d89e8de/fruit-and-a-vase-of-flowers-r59ede8503db250>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)