The painting itself
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps Still life with herring, bread, and cheese is less an arrangement than a record of light on petals. Nothing here is arranged for display — the blooms are caught mid-life, opening and already going over at once.
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps Still life with herring, bread, and cheese. Our painter follows the same logic rather than copying a photograph of it: the thin parts are glazed rather than painted solid, so light appears to come through the petals.
| Artist | alexandre-gabriel-decamps |
|---|---|
| Title | Still life with herring, bread, and cheese |
| How it is made | Painted by hand in oil on canvas, to your size |
| Public domain | Yes — the artist died over 70 years ago |
Why hand-painting matters here
What makes a flower painting work is that you can almost see through the outer petals. That is a glazing job, not a printing job — the layer has to be thin enough for the white beneath to do the work.
Every canvas is painted to order, so the quote follows your size, frame and destination rather than a fixed list. Tell us what you need on WhatsApp and we reply with an exact figure, usually within the hour. You are talking to the people who will actually paint it, not a middleman.
Canvas sizes
Nothing is pre-made, which means you pick the dimensions. The sizes below cover most requests:
| Size (inches) | Size (cm) | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| 40 × 30 in | 102 × 76 cm | Living room focal wall, above a sofa |
| 32 × 24 in | 81 × 61 cm | Living room, above a sideboard |
| 30 × 24 in | 76 × 61 cm | Dining room, bedroom feature wall |
| 24 × 20 in | 60 × 50 cm | Study, home office, above a desk |
| 20 × 16 in | 50 × 40 cm | Bedroom, hallway, above a console |
If you need a panoramic or an unusually tall canvas, that is a normal request here. Framing and freight are separate line items. Customs duties and import taxes are the buyer's responsibility (DAP).
Message us the dimensions you have in mind and we will come back with a figure.
💬 Get a Quote for Still life with herring, bread, and cheeseFinding the right wall
Over a sofa or sideboard — that is where this one settles. We do not crop to fit a stock size. The canvas is cut to the original's proportions, which matters if the composition is unusually wide or tall.
Before you order
Can I change something in the composition?
Often yes — background, cropping, or adapting the proportions to your wall. Tell us what you have in mind and we will say honestly whether it will work.
Does changing the size change the composition?
No — we keep the original's proportions and scale from there, rather than cropping the image to fit a standard frame.
Will it look exactly like the image?
Not exactly, and that is the point — it is a painting, not a scan. Composition, colour and drawing follow the original closely; the surface is where a painter's own decisions show.