A Dessert

A Dessert is a still-life painting from the Dutch Golden Age by Willem Claesz. Heda. The composition arranges a group of metal and glass vessels on a table with a white cloth: a tall dark vase on the left, a slender bottle behind, and a silver lidded container at center, complemented by two plates of remnants and scattered nuts, with overturned glasses in the foreground. The color scheme is restrained—muted browns, grays, and metallic silvers—while the surfaces of metal, glass, and fabric are rendered with precise realism and soft, diffuse lighting characteristic of Heda's work.