Breakfast piece

DEFINITION

A type of still life painting of rich colors and precisely depicted dining table foods such as fruit, bread, cheese and wine. Artists from the Netherlands, especially Haarlem, originated the style in the early 1600s. Osias Beert (c. 1580-1624) and Willem Claesz Heda (1594-1680) were well known for 'breakfast piece' paintings. Source: www.humanitesweb.org; Wikipedia