Still Life with a Crab

The still life features a white-draped table with a tall glass goblet on an ornate metal stand to the left and a crab on a plate to the right. In the foreground are lemon segments and peels, pieces of bread, and a small knife, all rendered with meticulous textures in a subdued palette of browns, grays, and pale yellows, while soft light produces gentle highlights and shadows. The work exemplifies Pieter Claesz's Dutch Golden Age still-life style, with careful realism, restrained composition, and an emphasis on the tactile qualities of objects.