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| Title | Still Life: Fruit and Oysters | |
| Collection | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum | |
| Artist | Attributed to Gillemans, Jan Pauwel I (Flemish artist, 1618-1675) Previously attributed to Aelst, Willem van (Dutch still life painter, 1627-after 1687) Previously attributed to Heem, Jan Davidsz. de (Dutch painter, born 1606, died 1683 or 1684) |
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| Date Earliest | possibly about 1640 | |
| Date Latest | probably 1675 | |
| Description | On a heavy table is a blue Delftware basin and in front a metal tray. They are filled with plums, grapes, lemon and other fruits and leaves. In front are a piece of bread, some opened oysters and a sliced lemon. Snails, butterflies and caterpillars are also present. | |
| Current Accession Number | 11 | |
| Former Accession Number | 18 (1855); 215 (1893) | |
| Inscription | front ul 'J. D. de heem.' | |
| Subject | still life | |
| Measurements | 36.5 x 52.7 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Archibald McLellan 1854. | |
| Provenance | John Smith, dealer, London, 12 May 1846, bought by Archibald McLellan, £5. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | Still-Life in the Age of Rembrandt, Auckland, 1982, cat. no. 9. | |
| Publications | McLellan Catalogue, Glasgow, 1855, p. 4, no. 18, as by J. D. de Heem; Waagen, G., Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain, London, 1857, p. 458, as by W. van Aelst; Hofstede de Groot, C., 'Hollandsche Kunst in Schotland', Oud Holland, 11, 1893, p. 140, no. 215; Greindl, E., Les Peintures Flamands de Nature Morte, Brussels, 1956, p. 172; Miles, H., Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Glasgow Art Gallery, Glasgow, 1961, I, p. 65, no. 11, II, p. 51, as by J. D. de Heem. | |
| Notes | The signature is false. | |
| Rights Owner | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) | |
| Author | Robert Wenley | |