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Still Life with Fish, Sea Food and Flowers
Also titled Stilleven met vissen, zeevruchten en bloemen
Clara Peeters (Antwerp, ca. –na 1)
c. 1612 - c. 1615
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- outer size: depth 4.5 cm (support incl. frame and climate box)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
The gleaming carp, the slippery eel, and the shiny glaze of the earthenware bowl: they seem almost tangible. With her still lifes, Peeters seamlessly tapped into the era’s fascination with plants, flowers, and ‘art cabinets’ in which wealthy collectors gathered special objects. In this instance, she combines fish, shells, and oysters from all over the world.
