Joris van Son

Tabletop still life, including a herring on a pewter dish, a porcelain bowl of shrimp, a wine glass, and a partially-peeled lemon; Tabletop still life, including two oysters on a pewter dish, a wine glass, a partially-peeled lemon, and an assortment of fruit

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By Land and By Sea, The Collection of Paul Yeou Chichong

Joris van Son

Antwerp 1623 - 1667

Tabletop still life, including a herring on a pewter dish, a porcelain bowl of shrimp, a wine glass, and a partially-peeled lemon;

Tabletop still life, including two oysters on a pewter dish, a wine glass, a partially-peeled lemon, and an assortment of fruit

the former signed (partially in ligature) lower right: J.VAN.SON.VA

a pair, both oil on panel

the former panel: 12¾ by 16¾ in.; 32.4 by 42.5 cm.

the former framed: 19 by 23⅛ in.; 48.3 by 58.7 cm.

the latter panel: 12⅝ by 16⅝ in.; 30.1 by 42.2 cm.

the latter framed: 19¼ by 23⅜ in.; 48.9 by 59.4 cm.

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With Galerie Pardo, Paris;
From whom acquired by a private collector, France, 1967;
By whom sold ("Property of a French Private Collector"), London, Sotheby's, 26 April 2001, lot 89;
Anonymous sale, Paris, Marc-Arthur Kohn, 6 March 2002, lot 27;
Where acquired by the present collector.

This pair of still lifes encapsulates the bourgeois bounty that defined life for the mercantile class of seventeenth-century Holland. Painted by the Flemish artist Joris van Son, who spent his life in Antwerp, the tables display a range of edible delicacies, including shellfish and herring, glistening lemons, peaches, figs, and grapes, as well as a bread roll and onions. While the compositions charm with their evocation of the daily rhythms of domestic life, the Venetian glassware and blue-and-white porcelain dish speak to the powerful reach of the Dutch Empire and serve as visual emblems of transcultural exchange.