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The Oyster Meal

Hendrik van der Burch Dutch, 1627-after 1666
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About the Artwork

The Oyster Meal

between 1650 and 1655

Hendrik van der Burch

1627-after 1666

Dutch

Unknown

Oil on oak panel

Unframed: 16 × 14 1/8 inches (40.6 × 35.9 cm) Framed: 23 5/8 × 22 × 4 1/8 inches (60 × 55.9 × 10.5 cm)

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European Painting

City of Detroit Purchase

28.56

Public Domain

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Provenance

1923, collection of A. Reyre (London, England);
(Henry Reinhardt and Son, Inc., New York, New York, USA);
1928-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Valentiner, W. H. "Paintings by Pieter de Hooch and Jacobus Vrel," Bulletin of the DIA 9, no. 7 (April 1928): pp. 78-81, esp. pp. 80-81, (repr. on cover) [as Soldier Scene by Pieter de Hooch].

Valentiner, W. H. Pieter de Hooch des Meisters Gemälde. Stuttgart/Berlin/Leipzig, 1929 (KdK), pp. 224, 292 [as H. van der Burch]; ditto English ed. of same year.

Valentiner, W. H. "Ein unbekanntes Meisterwerk der holländischen Genre-Malerei," Pantheon, vol. 3 (1929): pp. 105-114, esp. p. 114.

Heil, W. Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1930, cat. 23, (repr.).

Richardson, E. P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, 1944, p. 19, no. 23.

Sutton, P. C. "Hendrick van der Burch," Burlington Magazine, vol. 122 (1980): pp. 315-326, cited on p. 320.

Kersten, M. and D.H.A.C. Lokin. Delft Masters, Vermeer's Contemporaries. Exh. cat., Stedelijk Museum het Prinsenhof. Delft, March1-June 9, 1996, p. 173, (fig. 170) (color).

Keyes, George S. et al. Masters of Dutch Painting: The Detroit Institute of Arts. London, 2004, pp. 50–51, no. 16 (ill.).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Hendrik van der Burch, The Oyster Meal, between 1650 and 1655, oil on oak panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 28.56.

The Oyster Meal
The Oyster Meal