Still Life with Gilt Goblet
1635
oil on panel
A still life painting displays a table laden with oysters, bread, a lemon peel, and various metal and glass vessels, including a large pitcher and a decorative goblet. The range of grey tonalities that Willem Heda could paint is astounding. With this subtle palette, he deftly rendered the objects – of pewter, silver, damask, glass and mother-of-pearl – on this table. A few yellow and ochre accents compliment this refined interplay of colours. Heda specialized in near monochromatic still lifes, so-called ‘tonal banquet pieces’.
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