BEYEREN, Abraham van
(b. 1620, Den Haag, d. 1690, Overschie)

Still-Life with Lobster and Fruit

1651-53
Oil on wood, 97 x 79 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

This composition is a simpler, more intimate version of the type of banquet still-life, that flourished in Antwerp during the 1640s, with such artists as Jan Davidsz de Heem, Alexander Adriaenssen, and Adriaen van Utrecht.