HEDA, Willem Claesz.
(b. 1594, Haarlem, d. 1680, Haarlem)

Still-Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware

1635
Oil on wood, 41 x 81 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

This painting is typical of Heda's work in the mid-1630s. He painted similar designs by 1630s, and closely related groups of objects by 1632. Similar compositions and motifs were painted by Pieter Claesz at about the same time.