Jan Davidszoon de HEEM (Utrecht 1606-Antwerp 1683/84). Still life with lemon, crabs, Röhmer, grapes, walnuts and hazelnuts on an entablature. Oak panel, one board, not parqueted, slightly enlarged in the lower part, signed upper right: J de Heem. (Minor old restorations.) Height 28.7 cm; Width: 37 cm. History: Private collection, Paris, 1954. Bibliography: J. Gammelbo. Dutch still life painting from the 16th to the 18th Centuries in Danish Collection, 1960, p. 70, under no. 80. Exhibition: Saint-Étienne, 1954, in the catalogue under no. 26. Professor Fred Meijer dates this painting to around 1644, a year in which the artist mainly painted large floral compositions, but also perhaps a still life. Gammelbo compared it to the Still Life in the Copenhagen Museum from 1652, in which we find similar elements: the same römher (but slightly off-centre), peeled lemon, crabs, bunch of grapes and leaves. We are grateful to Professor Fred Meijer for confirming the attribution of this painting, by email, using digital photography, on 12 September 2018. It is included in his University of Amsterdam PhD thesis of June 2016, Jan Davidz. de Heem (1606-1684), in the catalogue raisonné under no. A084. Expert : Cabinet TURQUIN - Stéphane PINTA