Stilleven met gebak (Still Life with Pastries)

A spread of pastries crowds a pale cloth, a mocha cream cake, a chocolate-glazed bun, a slice of sponge topped with marzipan fruit, cookies and palmiers, against a soft grey-green wall. Wiedijk renders cream, glaze, crumb and sugar each in its own texture. A sweet abundance, painted with the seriousness once reserved for silver.