- Museum number
- 2018.13
- Object
- Framed oil painting: Still life with Fruit, Oysters and a Lobster by Cornelis de Bryer (active 1634–1671).
- Description
- Framed, unglazed, still life oil painting of fruit and shellfish. Cornelis de Bryer, active in Antwerp in the 1650s. He was first reported at the Guild of St Luke in Antwerp as the pupil of Daniel van Middeler. His main area of work was painting fruit still lifes, vanitas still lifes and still life with objects. Only 10 works have been attributed to him and it is believed he was influenced by Jan de Heem
- Materials
- Oil
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- Painting
- Dimensions
- framed: 12.0000cm (d) x 147.4000cm (h) x 188.8000cm (w)
Still Life with Fruit and Shellfish
Cornelis de Bryer (active 1634–1671)
Oil on canvas
We know very little about the painter of this magnificent still life: Cornelis de Bryer studied in Antwerp and probably worked there for much of his life.
The stone table is richly spread with at least twenty varieties of fruit, including some red strawberries beautifully set off by a blue and white Chinese export dish. The foreground is dominated by seafood: oozing oysters, a knobbly lobster and a beady-eyed crab all served up in pewter dishes.
2018.13
Given in memory of Robert Foxcroft Robertson-Glasgow, 2018
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