Still Life (Timken Museum of Art)

Still Life (Timken Museum of Art) by Pieter Claesz presents a carefully arranged still-life on a flat table set against a dark, neutral background. On the left sits a brass serving dish with handles containing red and pale objects; in front is a plate with dried fish, and to the center are pale sticks and a small metal container, while a tall lattice-patterned glass filled with dark liquid rises behind and a large amber ceramic jug lies on its side to the right. The composition uses a restrained palette of browns, ocre colors, and grays, with careful light and shadow to model the surfaces of metal, glass, ceramic, and organic matter in a distinctly Dutch Golden Age still-life style.