Abraham van Beijeren
Still Life with Lobster and Fruit
early 1650s96.5 x 78.7 cm
Oil on wood
Signed, left on table): ·AVB· (monogram) f
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Edith Neuman de Végvár, in honor of her husband, Charles Neuman de Végvár, 1971
Literature
Collection catalogues
Walter Liedtke, Dutch paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New Haven, 2007, nr. 7
Provenance
with Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, sold to Neuman
Baron Karl Neuman (Charles Neuman de Végvár), Vienna, later Greenwich, Conn., by 1938–died 1959
seized in Paris by the Nazis, held at Alt Aussee and at Munich collecting point, returned to France 30 October 1946, restituted
his widow, Mrs. Charles (Edith) Neuman de Végvár, Greenwich, 1959–71
Other works by Abraham van Beijeren
Preparations for a Meal
1664
1664
Still Life with a Lobster
n.d.
n.d.
Still Life with Silver Pitcher, Goblet, Wanli Bowl, and Exotic Fruits
c. 1660-65
c. 1660-65
Still Life of Fish in an Interior
n.d.
n.d.
Still Life with Silver-gilt Bekerschroef with Roemer