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Silver Wine Jug, Ham, and Fruit
Abraham van Beijerenc. 1660–66
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
With their typically large scale, and loose and energetic brushwork, Abraham van Beyeren’s opulent still life paintings were designed to be seen from a slight distance—perhaps installed over a mantelpiece. Here, for example, the silver wine jug is painted with rough strokes that seem almost abstract when viewed up close, but from a distance it becomes a fully realized object shimmering with complex reflections—including a ghostly self-portrait of the artist at his easel.
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- Title: Silver Wine Jug, Ham, and Fruit
- Creator: Abraham van Beyeren (Dutch, 1620/21–1690)
- Date Created: c. 1660–66
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 124.5 x 108 x 8.5 cm (49 x 42 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 99.7 x 82.6 cm (39 1/4 x 32 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Possibly Pierrey, Paris, (Probably Galerie A.S. Drey, Munich), Walter Bornheim [1888-1971], Munich, In possession of the Allies, returned to Walter Bornheim, Walter Bornheim, Munich, restituted to Paul Drey, Probably Paul Drey [1885-1953] and Elizabeth Drey, New York, Possibly private collection, United States, H. Terry-Engell Gallery, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art1, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.80
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Inscriptions: Signed lower left: "AVB g. [monogram]"
- Fun Fact: Look closely: the shimmering surface of the silver wine jug reflects a portrait of the artist at his easel.
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch
- Accession Number: 1960.80
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