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Still-Life with Fish on a Table

1665 · Private collection

still-life

In this still-life, we see on a stone table both salt and fresh water fish, oysters, mussels and a North Sea lobster. Most striking is a sizable turbot with head and tail tied together with a thread to keep it fresh. Painting fish in a lifelike manner was an exceptional challenge for a painter.

Still-Life with Fish on a Table