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

Still-Life

1638
Oil on oak panel, 74 x 86 cm
Private collection

This monochrome 'banketje still-life' depicts a gilt cup, a silver tazza, glasses and pewter plates with a pie, peeled lemon and nuts, all upon a draped table. Heda first began to paint such still-lifes in the early 1630s, and their constituent parts are remarkably consistent: simple groups of objects, typically glass and silverware as here, accompanied by lemons and other food, all placed in close relationship to one another upon a simply draped table.




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