Picture No 10500556 Date 17th century Description Still Life with Oysters Details Still Life with Oysters. Van 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., Foppens van Es, Jacob Source Foppens van Es, Jacob - oil on panel Credit Line ©Ashmolean Museum / Mary Evans