Still Life with Oysters Size:small the original was in the

the original was in the della Valle collection in Rome in 1561

in order to relieve pressure on Pavia and divide the French forces

which was to be commemorated in paintings

with variations in detail and inscriptions in Italian

while this painting could have been made for a different patron

Still Life with Oysters Size:small the original was in theVan Es spent his entire life in Antwerp although he is said to have visited Rome in 1636. He seems to have worked exclusively as a painter of still life. Paintings of foodstuffs were his speciality. This shows a relatively modest meal with expensive accessories: a blue and white Wan li porcelain plate from China, a Venetian style drinking glass and an ivory handled knife. The glass reappears in a number of van Es's paintings.