Still life with a salt cellar

A still life on a white-draped table shows a round loaf on a plate in the foreground, a glass with amber liquid on an ornate stand to the right, and a pale blue pedestal salt cellar behind the bread. A plate with slices of meat, scattered peppercorns, and crumbs complete the arrangement, all rendered with careful realism. The palette is restrained, with warm browns, whites, and grays, and the composition uses a balanced, slightly diagonal arrangement that exemplifies Pieter Claesz’s late Dutch still-life style with luminous, tactile surfaces and subdued light.