HEEM, Jan Davidsz. de
(b. 1606, Utrecht, d. 1684, Antwerpen)

Still-Life, Breakfast with Champaign Glass and Pipe

1642
Oil on oak, 47 x 59 cm
Residenzgalerie, Salzburg

On a wooden table with a gathered table cloth, exquisite tableware and costly fruit are arranged in a classic triangular composition. The finely engraved gold goblet next to the Venetian champagne glass or the cut lemon, which stimulates the senses of the beholder with the juiciness of its flesh and the plasticity of its peel, testify to de Heem's outstanding qualities as a painter. The colours are delicately shaded and he has a refined command of light.




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