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Still Life with Wine Goblet and Oysters, 1639 (oil on panel)

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Image title
Still Life with Wine Goblet and Oysters, 1639 (oil on panel)
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Artist
Claesz, Pieter (1597-1660) / Dutch
Location
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Medium
oil on panel
Date
1639 AD (C17th AD)
Dimensions
50.2x70.1 cms
Image description

Like many still-life painters, Claesz. favored particular kinds of objects. The plain foods that he painted—bread, fruit, and herring— were those found on the tables of all but the poorest families in the Dutch Republic. This composition also includes tobacco spilling from a cone of paper. The capacious wine-glass found in many of Claesz.’s paintings provides a strong vertical element that balances the basic horizontals of the composition; it also gives the artist the opportunity to explore the related effects of transparency, translucency, and reflection. Inscription Center left: PC (monogram) / 163 [...]

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Photograph © 2024 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All rights reserved. / Bridgeman Images
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Gift of Mrs. H. P. Ahrnke in memory of her great-aunt Mrs. Francis B. Greene
Image keywords
drink / food / bread / lobed / naturalism / leisure / objects / naturalistic / baroque / oyster / plates / luxury / wine / glass / drink / scalloped / luxurious / metalwork / tobacco / goblet / meal / enjoyment / bread roll / alcoholic beverage / lemon / glassware / oystyers / plate / elegant / still life / seafood / transparent / Painting / Mzpainting
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