Banquet still life, Adriaen van Utrecht, 1644

Banquet Still Life, Adriaen van Utrecht, 1644
The Fleming Adriaen van Utrecht here demonstrated that he could paint virtually anything, from costly tableware to glass, fruit, an enormous lobster on a Chinese plate, a cut-open pasty, and much more. Given its striking low vantage point, this large painting was most likely meant to hang above a chimneypiece.