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Still Life with a Gilt Cup
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
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’.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineStill Life with a Gilt Cup. 1635. Willem Claesz Heda. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
