Still lifes with lobsters, all of them cooked and bright red. Different artists and countries along with different times.

Still life with lobster. 1826-1827. French. Oil on canvas. Eugène Delacroix, painter (1798-1863). Collections of the Louvre Museum, Paris. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix_-Still-Life_with_Lobster-_WGA6170.jpg
Still life with a lobster. 17th c. Dutch. Willem Claesz. Heda, artist (1593/1594-ca. 1680/1682). Image © National Gallery, London. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/willem-claesz-heda-still-life-with-a-lobster
“A lobster with grapes and a peach in a Wan-li ‘kraak’ porselein bowl, a silver-gilt cup and cover, a façon-de-Venise wine glass, a melon, a knife, and a pewter platter with a partly peeled lemon on a partly draped table ledge with a curtain.” 17th c. Dutch. Oil on canvas. Abraham van Beyeren, painter (1620/1621-1690). Signed with the initials “A B F” on the lower right. Image © Christie’s 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4038651

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