HEEM, Jan Davidsz. de
(b. 1606, Utrecht, d. 1684, Antwerpen)

Still-Life

c. 1675
Oil on canvas, 56 x 67 cm
Private collection

The painting depicts a still-life of fruits, nuts, oysters, a lobster, insects and a snail on a ledge with various vessels. The painter incorporates numerous still-life motifs that appear throughout his career, particularly the dark green withered leaves, multiple reflection points off of the gilt goblet, and finely rendered skins of the various citrus fruit and the wings of the butterfly.