Still Life with Jug

Originally even finer

When it was new, the painting gleamed even more than it does now. In some places, such as the lemon peel and the silver jug, Willem Kalf applied the paint fairly thickly. This impastoImpastoThe style of painting, thickly applied, sometimes also unevenly and with the impression of the brush or palette knife still visible, is known as impasto. catches the light, making the painting livelier. In the course of time the paint has eroded. This occurred when the painting was re-canvassed, i.e. attached to a new canvas support. The format of this still-life painting was also changed once to fit it into a frame; 2 cm was added to the top and bottom, while a small strip was removed from each side.