Still Life with Oysters Size:small the painting was probably made

the painting was probably made in the Burgundian Netherlands and remains one of the earliest images of the battle

the original was in the della Valle collection in Rome in 1561

in order to relieve pressure on Pavia and divide the French forces

fixing a central vanishing point

with inscriptions in French and a variety of flags and banners identifying the protagonists and locations

Still Life with Oysters Size:small the painting was probably madeVan Es spent his entire life in Antwerp although he is said to have visited Rome in 1636. He seems to have worked exclusively as a painter of still life. Paintings of foodstuffs were his speciality. This shows a relatively modest meal with expensive accessories: a blue and white Wan li porcelain plate from China, a Venetian style drinking glass and an ivory handled knife. The glass reappears in a number of van Es's paintings.