DIJCK, Floris Claesz van
(b. 1575, Haarlem, d. 1651, Haarlem)

Laid Table with Cheeses and Fruit (detail)

c. 1615
Oil on panel
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Floris van Dijck was superb at capturing the crispness of bread, the crumbliness or creaminess of cheese, or the differences in colour and translucence of glass.