Still Life with a Ham

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From 1638, Willem Heda regularly painted still lifes in a vertical format. For an important part, and also in this painting, the vertical format was in fact achieved by giving more space above a horizontal composition and especially by showing the table cloth right to the edge of the bottom of the painting. This gives Heda the chance of placing his signature on the bottom of the table cloth, as if it were embroidered, rather than on the edge of a table or, for example, on a knife. This painting is one of the few remaining to have an original 17th-century frame.

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Title	Still Life with a Ham
Material and technique	Oil on panel
Object type	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Width 60 cm Height 89 cm
Artists	Painter: Willem Claesz. Heda
Accession number	3392 (OK)
Credits	Gift Coll. Mr J.W. Frederiks, 1998
Department	Old Masters
Acquisition date	1998
Creation date	in 1640
Collector	Collector / J.W. Frederiks
Material	Oil > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Panel > Worked wood > Wood > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	Northern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe

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Willem Claesz. Heda

Haarlem 1594 - Haarlem 1680

Willem Claesz. Heda lived his whole life in Haarlem and in 1631 became a member of the St Luke guild, where he filled a range of positions. Heda painted so-...

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