Still Life with a Stoneware Jug, Berkemeyer and Smoking Utensils

Still Life with a Stoneware Jug, Berkemeyer and Smoking Utensils presents a restrained still‑life arrangement on a neutral tabletop: a large ribbed stoneware jug with a lid on the left, a clear berkemeyer in the center, and a shallow bowl of smoking paraphernalia on the right, with small objects such as dice and bundles of stems scattered in the foreground. The surfaces are rendered with meticulous detail—the metal and glass catching subtle light, the ceramic and shell textures varying from smooth to matte—creating a calm, measured rhythm in the composition. The color palette is muted, dominated by grays, browns, and metallic highlights, characteristic of Pieter Claesz's early 17th‑century still‑life style.