Antique Still Life Oil Painting After Jan Davidsz De Heem (1606-1684)

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A 19th-Century still life oil on canvas after the Dutch Baroque Old Master artist, Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-1684). This … more A 19th-Century still life oil on canvas after the Dutch Baroque Old Master artist, Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-1684). This fine quality picture depicts raspberries in a porcelain bowl, an oyster, lemon, wine glass together with grapes and a butterfly. A beautifully painted realistic work, it is well executed with lovely detail by a artist with considerable expertise. It captures the original work de Heem painted in 1655, that is a part of the collection of the Louvre, Paris. It is housed within a 19th-Century antique gilded cove frame, probably original to the work.

Works after de Heem are highly coveted and collected. Auction records for Jan Davidsz de Heem's Old Master works exceed $6,600,000. Auction records of works after de Heem exceed $70,000.
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