Still Life with Oysters Size:small with variations in detail and

with variations in detail and inscriptions in Italian

A replica of the antique statue of Apollo Citharoedos stands on the elaborate table

while this painting could have been made for a different patron

which was to be commemorated in paintings

Still Life with Oysters Size:small with variations in detail andVan Es spent his entire life in Antwerp although he is said to have visited Rome in 1636. He seems to have worked exclusively as a painter of still life. Paintings of foodstuffs were his speciality. This shows a relatively modest meal with expensive accessories: a blue and white Wan li porcelain plate from China, a Venetian style drinking glass and an ivory handled knife. The glass reappears in a number of van Es's paintings.