Banquet Still Life
Rijksmuseum

Banquet Still Life

1644

CC0 — Public Domain
Rijksmuseum

The Fleming Adriaen van Utrecht here demonstrated that he could paint virtually anything, from costly tableware to glass, fruit, an enormous lobster on a Chinese plate, a cut-open pasty, and much more. Given its striking low vantage point, this large painting was most likely meant to hang above a chimneypiece.

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