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| Keywords: Pieter Claesz - Breakfast Piece - Walters 371984.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18749345 Creator Pieter Claesz In the 1600s ham bread and white wine were often eaten at breakfast as well as at lunch The use of simple pewter indicates that this is an everyday meal The angle at which we view the composition encourages us to think that the scene is an extension of our own space and that we are seated close by while the dish balanced precariously on the table's edge engages our attention by making us think that it might fall Pieter Claesz and his followers developed this popular subject during the 1630's and 1640's between 1640 1649 Baroque oil on panel cm 39 6 55 8 accession number 37 1984 40049 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters New Light on Old Pictures Dutch and Flemish Paintings from the Walters The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1981-1982 Artful Dining The Exhibition The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1994 place of origin Haarlem Netherlands Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Paintings by Pieter Claesz 17th-century still life paintings in the United States 1640s paintings in the United States 1640s still life paintings Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Hams in art | ||||
