Willem Claesz Heda (1594–1680)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• Willem was an artist from the city of Haarlem devoted exclusively to the painting of still life.
• In 1616, at the age of twenty-one, he became a member of the Saint George civic guard.
• He married Cornelia Jacobsdr on June 9, 1619.
• Heda also took an active role in the Saint Luke’s Guild.
• His name first appears on the guild rolls of 1631, the year in which he assisted Salomon de Bray in its reorganization.
• Willem was a contemporary and comrade of Dirck Hals.
• Heda and his fellow still life painter, Floris van Dyck, were "held in high esteem by the community as the best at painting their genre."
• His pupils include Maerten Boelema de Stomme, Gerret Willemsz Heda, Hendrik Heerschop, and Arnold van Beresteijn.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Still Life with a Gilt Cup 1635.
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Willem Claesz Heda, Breakfast Still Life with a Covered Goblet, 1634

Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-19.

Willem Claesz Heda, Breakfast Still Life with a Covered Goblet, 1634

Willem Claesz Heda, Breakfest Table with Blackberry Pie, 1631

Original, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Visited in 2018.

Willem Claesz Heda, Breakfest Table with Blackberry Pie, 1631

Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life with a Ham and a Roemer, ca. 1631-34

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018-2019.

Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life with a Ham and a Roemer, ca. 1631-34

Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life with a Gilt Cup, 1635

Original, Rijksmuseum. Visited in 2018.

Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life with a Gilt Cup, 1635

Willem Claesz Heda, Banquet Piece with Mince Pie, 1635

Original, NGA, Washington,DC. Visited in 2017-18.

Willem Claesz Heda, Banquet Piece with Mince Pie, 1635

Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life with Fruit Pie and various Objects, 1634

Original, Thyssen. Visited in 2018.

Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life with Fruit Pie and various Objects, 1634

Willem Claesz Heda, Banquet Piece with pastry, 1633

Original, Frans Hals Museum. Visited in 2018.

Willem Claesz Heda, Banquet Piece with pastry, 1633

Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life with Glasses and Tobacco, 1633

Original, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Visited in 2018-23.

Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life with Glasses and Tobacco, 1633

Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware, 1635

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware, 1635

Willem Claesz Heda, Banquet Piece with Ham, 1656

Original, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Visited in 2019.

Willem Claesz Heda, Banquet Piece with Ham, 1656

Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life with Goblet, 1631

Original, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art - Hartford. Visited in 2019.

Willem Claesz Heda, Tobacco Still Life, 1637

Original, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.

Willem Claesz Heda, Tobacco Still Life, 1637

Willem Cleasz, Breakfast with Crab, 1648

Original, Hermitage Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Willem Cleasz, Breakfast with Crab, 1648

Willem Cleasz Heda, End of snack, 1637

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Willem Cleasz Heda, End of snack, 1637

Willem Cleasz Heda, Still life with crab, 1647

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Willem Cleasz Heda, Still life with crab, 1647

Willem Claesz. Heda, Still Life with a Dessert, 1637

Original, The National Museum in Warsaw. Visited in 2021.

Willem Claesz. Heda, Still Life with a Dessert, 1637

Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life Willem Claesz. Heda, Still Life with a Nautilus, Oysters, and a Silver Salt Cellar, c. 1660-1663

Original, The National Museum in Warsaw. Visited in 2021.

Willem Claesz. Heda, Still Life with a Nautilus, Oysters, and a Silver Salt Cellar, c. 1660-1663

Willem Claesz. Heda, Ornate Still Life, 1638

Original, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany. Visited in 2024.

Willem Claesz. Heda, Ornate Still Life, 1638