Willem Claesz Heda, 1635 - Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware - fine art print

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A table laid with oysters, a lemon, and beer invites the viewer to associate visual and culinary pleasure. But a closer look reveals broken glass and a cone of paper (intended to hold spices) torn from an almanac, both reminders of our swiftly passing days. Heda made a name for himself as an artist by achieving a variety of pictorial effects, such as the illusion of polished silver, glistening oysters, or reflective glass, while working almost exclusively in shades of gray.

This 17th century artwork was made by the master Willem Claesz Heda in 1635. The original measures the size: 19 5/8 x 31 3/4 in (49,8 x 80,6 cm). Oil on wood was applied by the Dutch artist as the technique for the artwork. Moveover, this piece of art is part of the art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. The classic art public domain work of art is provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, From the Collection of Rita and Frits Markus, Bequest of Rita Markus, 2005. Creditline of the artwork: From the Collection of Rita and Frits Markus, Bequest of Rita Markus, 2005. In addition to that, the alignment is landscape with an aspect ratio of 3 : 2, which implies that the length is 50% longer than the width.

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