The oyster eater, A young woman, dressed in a short jacket with fur trim, sits at a table on which are a bowl of oysters, a glass of wine and a jug. She has an oyster in her left hand. Behind her a bed with closed curtains. In the background on the left is a second room in which a woman watches a man open oysters. The entire scene is seen through an arched window. The initials of the painter and the printmaker are inscribed in the wall above the window., print, print maker: Dirk Jurriaan Sluyter, (mentioned on object), after painting by: Jan Havicksz. Steen, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1

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