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Silver Wine Jug, Ham, and Fruit
Also known as: Still Life with a Silver Wine Jug
About the Artwork
With their typically large scale, and loose and energetic brushwork, Abraham van Beyeren’s opulent still life paintings were designed to be seen from a slight distance—perhaps installed over a mantelpiece. Here, for example, the silver wine jug is painted with rough strokes that seem almost abstract when viewed up close, but from a distance it becomes a fully realized object shimmering with complex reflections—including a ghostly self-portrait of the artist at his easel.
Inscriptions
Signed lower left: "AVB g. [monogram]"
Provenance
Probably c. 1908: Possibly Pierrey, Paris Probably until 1936: (Probably Galerie A.S. Drey, Munich) Possibly 1936-1946: Walter Bornheim [1888-1971], Munich 1946-1947: In possession of the Allies, returned to Walter Bornheim 1947-1949: Walter Bornheim, Munich, restituted to Paul Drey 1949-at least 1953: Probably Paul Drey [1885-1953] and Elizabeth Drey, New York By 1956: Possibly private collection, United States Until 1960: H. Terry-Engell Gallery, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art1 1960-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961). Chardin and the Still Life Tradition in France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 6-August 12, 1979). The Porcelain Connection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-August 15, 1982). Consuming Passions: The Art of Food and Drink. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 26-October 9, 1983); The Toledo Museum of Art (September 15, 1983-November 18, 1984). The Magic of Still Life. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 1986-February 1, 1987). A Prosperous Past: The Sumptuous Still Life in the Netherlands. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (organizer) (co-organizer) (December 10, 1988-February 12, 1989). Still-Life Paintings from the Netherlands, 1550-1720. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (June 19-September 19, 1999); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 31, 1999-January 9, 2000).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Abraham van Beyeren (Dutch, 1620/21–1690)
- Date
- c. 1660–66
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 124.5 x 108 x 8.5 cm (49 x 42 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 99.7 x 82.6 cm (39 1/4 x 32 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Accession no.
- 1960.80
More by Abraham van Beyeren in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009205
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