The Oyster Meal

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The Oyster Meal is a celebrated 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Frans van Mieris the Elder, depicting an elegant interior scene centered around the sensual enjoyment of oysters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genre painting
painting
artisticSchool Leiden fijnschilders NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creator Frans van Mieris the Elder NERFINISHED
culture Dutch
depicts elegant company
interior scene
oysters
sensual enjoyment of food
genre genre painting
hasInfluenceOn later collectors of Dutch cabinet pieces
hasQuality highly finished technique
intimate atmosphere
moralizing undertone
refined detail
small-scale cabinet painting
inception 17th century
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
mainSubject elegant couple
oyster meal
movement Dutch Golden Age painting
notableWorkOf Frans van Mieris the Elder NERFINISHED
partOf Dutch 17th-century genre painting tradition
period Baroque NERFINISHED
subjectHeading banquet scene
courtship
usesSymbolism food and drink as symbols of sensuality
oysters as erotic symbol

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Frans van Mieris the Elder notableWork The Oyster Meal