Breakfast Piece with a Tazza, Fruit, and Cheese in a Basket

Pieter Claesz's Breakfast Piece depicts a carefully arranged still life on a white tablecloth, with a gilded ornate tazza on a footed stem to the left, a glass of wine, a basket filled with bread and cheese on the right, and a plate of berries and bread in the foreground. A dark background and directional light reveal the textures of metal, porcelain, bread crust, and fruit, with a warm palette of yellows, browns, and reds set against bright whites. The composition is tightly organized and balanced, reflecting the detailed realism and subdued elegance characteristic of seventeenth-century Dutch still life painting.