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Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606 – 1684)

• Was a Dutch-Flemish still life painter.
• He was active in Utrecht and Antwerp.
• He studied then under Balthasar van der Ast and under David Bailly
• De Heem was well paid and a portrait of Prince William III surrounded by a cartouche of flowers and fruit was sold for 2000 guilders, one of the highest prices ever paid for a painting during the Dutch Golden Age.
• Jan had three sons, all painters;  David Janszoon de Heem, Cornelis de Heem and Jan de Heem.
• The displayed painting is a crop from Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Still Life with Oysters and Grapes, 1653.
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