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Description: | This opulent banquet piece includes lobster, oysters, a knife, a silver platter, a selection of fruit and a Chinese dish. Twisted lemon zest hangs out of the half-filled röhmer in the centre. The richly patterned red cloth covering half the table surface adds to the impression of sumptuousness. As is usual with Van Beyeren, the picture is a complicated display of expensive items that point to the elaborate lifestyle of wealthy merchants in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic. The date of the painting is difficult to determine as the artist barely changed his style throughout his long career. | Subjects: | still life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Beyeren, Abraham van (Dutch painter, born 1620 or 1621, died 1690) Æ Attributed to circle of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8563... | Go to resource |
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