Abraham van Beyeren

Still Life with Fruit and Game

Abraham van Beyeren, Still Life with Fruit and Game
reproduced courtesy of Ger Eenens Collection, The Netherlands.

About this artwork

In this 'pronkstilleven' (Dutch for ‘sumptuous still lifes’) van Beyeren depicted a large variety of luxury objects, such as the Wan-li kraak (Chinese export porcelain) bowl, the Venetian glasses, brass mortar, and the pheasant and two hares. They are expressions of wealth as well as a demonstration of the artist’s painterly virtuosity.

Updated before 2020

  • artist:
    Abraham van Beyeren (1620/1 - 1690) Dutch
  • title:
    Still Life with Fruit and Game
  • date created:
    About 1660
  • materials:
    Oil on canvas
  • measurements:
    Framed: 128.40 x 115.80 x 14.40 cm
  • object type:
    Painting
  • credit line:
    On long-term loan from Ger Eenens Collection, The Netherlands (2009)
  • accession number:
    NGL 002.09
  • gallery:
    In Storage
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Abraham van Beyeren

Abraham van Beyeren

Born and trained in The Hague, Abraham van Beyeren led a restless life. He worked in his hometown as well as Leiden, Delft, Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Gouda, and Overschie, where he died. Van Beyeren started out as a painter of seascapes but from the early 1650s onwards, he turned to still lifes. Best known for his paintings showing fish, he is also one of the most important Dutch painters of ‘pronkstillevens’ (Dutch for ‘sumptuous still lifes’).