Still Life with a Roemer and a Watch

Still Life with a Roemer and a Watch presents a horizontal arrangement on a table: a tall roemer of wine on a beaded stem, a silver footed compote, a long fish lying across the surface, a halved lemon and rind on a plate, and a crusty roll nearby, with a pocket watch and jewelry at the lower left. The color palette is subdued, with warm browns, gray ochers, and the metallic gleam of glass and silver rendered in precise, luminous brushwork, and light coming from the left creating soft highlights and deep shadows. The scene typifies the Dutch Golden Age still life, balancing tangible textures and quiet drama while alluding to time and mortality through the watch and other objects.