# Shells on a Stone Plinth

- By: Adriaen Coorte (ca. –ca.)
- Date: 1698
- Medium: panel, paper, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 0 cm x width 0 cm
- Credit line: On loan from a private collector
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-1761--97a653504c2f8919325d0c0b7388ef80)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/HpCpn/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Coorte arranged the shells on a stone plinth against a dark background in such a way that each one receives attention, displaying its own form, colour, and structure. Coorte, moreover, painted them life size. These kinds of exotic shells were brought to the Netherlands in the ships of the Dutch East and West India Companies and were highly prized by collectors, who paid enormous amounts for them.