Still life with ham

Still life with ham presents a restrained, carefully arranged table-top scene. A large glass vessel dominates the center, while a plate with slices of ham rests to the left and a loaf of bread with a white linen cloth sits to the right, with a metal ewer and a slender bottle in the background against a subdued backdrop. The painting emphasizes tactile textures—glass, metal, and linen—through precise, smooth brushwork and a muted palette of whites, browns, and greys, hallmarks of Willem Claesz. Heda’s 17th-century still-life style.