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| Keywords: Willem Kalf, Still Life with Drinking-Horn, c. 1653, oil on canvas, National Gallery.png Artwork Creator Willem Kalf en The drinking-horn in this still life was made of a single buffalo horn set into a silver mount which features Saint Sebastian patron saint of archers who was bound to a tree as a target for two Roman soldiers It dates from 1565 and is kept today in the Amsterdam Historisch Museum The horn suggests that the painting was probably commissioned by a member of the Amsterdam archers' guild <br/><br/>The artist has chosen the objects shown for their magnificent colour and texture The sparkle of the lobster the gleam of the lemon the subtle texture of the carpet all demonstrate the play of light over different surfaces A contemporary viewer would have recognised the objects as expensive luxury items that only the wealthy would have been able to afford 1653 oil canvas cm 86 4 102 2 institution National Gallery London 22 accession number NG6444 object history credit line Bequeathed by R S Newall 1978 exhibition history signature http //www nationalgallery org uk/paintings/willem-kalf-still-life-with-drinking-horn National Gallery London PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Kalf Willem; Still Life with the Drinking-Horn of the Saint Sebastian Archers' Guild; NGL Willem Kalf Dutch paintings in the National Gallery London 17th-century still life paintings Uploaded with UploadWizard | ||||
