Still-Life with Crayfish, Oysters, and Fruit

Description

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.

Provenance

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Still-Life with Crayfish, Oysters, and Fruit

Cornelis de Heem

late 1600s or early 1700s

Accession Number

2008.290

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.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of Muriel Butkin