Breakfast Piece

Breakfast Piece depicts a still-life arrangement on a pale draped table: a tall, dimpled glass, a metal plate with fish, a crusty bread roll, and a knife resting on a white cloth. The composition reads left to right, with the glass anchoring the left and the bread toward the right, set against a muted brown background with soft, directional light. The color palette is restrained—earthy browns, grays, and ivory highlights—while textures of glass, metal, fish, and bread are rendered with precise, tactile brushwork characteristic of Claesz's quiet, realist style.