Strawberries, currants and bread on a pewter platter

Pieter Claesz is the artist behind "Strawberries, currants and bread on a pewter platter". It is listed in the Still Life collection. The image is in landscape orientation. Background on Still Life: Later artists, including Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso, used humble still-life subjects to test ideas about space and form. Still life, the arrangement of flowers, fruit, tableware, and other objects, became a distinct genre in the Netherlands and Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

"Strawberries, currants and bread on a pewter platter" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.

Dutch, 1596–1660

If you like the visual language of Pieter Claesz, explore more works by the same artist in our collection.