Cleveland Museum of Art

Still-Life with Crayfish, Oysters, and Fruit

Cornelis de Heem

Date

late 1600s or early 1700s

Medium

oil on canvas

Culture

Flanders

Department

European Painting and Sculpture

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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