a large portion of his output consists of pronkstillevens, the sumptuous still lifes that were popular in flanders and the dutch republic from the 1640s. luyckx’ work in this genre was influenced by the artist jan davidsz. de heem who was active in both antwerp and the dutch republic. a representative example in this genre is the "" at the montreal museum of fine arts. this work dates from about 1650 and is painted on copper.