# Still-Life with Ham, Bread and Precious Vessels [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HEDA, Willem Claesz.]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 105 x 147 cm ## Commentary During the 1630s Heda painted relatively simple still-life compositions of food and tableware in a restricted "monochrome" palette. His style changed little over the years, throughout his career he always painted still-lifes in a variety of sizes. Around the mid-1650s, he produced a number of fairly large still-lifes. Their basic composition do not differ substantially from earlier examples. he appears to have stepped back, away from his subject, and the resulting effect gives a feeling of spaciousness, especially around the table-top that support the still-life. The present painting from 1654 is the earliest known example. ## Related artworks - [Breakfast of Crab \(detail\)]() - [Breakfast of Crab]() - [Breakfast Still-Life]() - [Breakfast Table with Blackberry Pie \(detail\)]() - [Breakfast Table with Blackberry Pie]() - [Ham and Silverware]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()