Still Life with a Stoneware Jug, Berkemeyer, and Smoking Utensils

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Pieter Claesz is one of the most important still life painters of the 17th century. His compositions of ordinary objects are characterized by their harmonious restraint and carefully observed simplicity. This painting features a stoneware jug, a glass berkemeyer, a pipe, a snuff box, dice and shells, objects associated with recreational pursuits like smoking, drinking, gaming and collecting. The monochrome tonality of the still life reflects a general tendency in Dutch painting that can be seen in landscapes of the 1640s by painters like Jan van Goyen and Simon de Vlieger.

Indianapolis Museum of Art
William Ray Adams Memorial Collection