HEDA, WILLEM CLAASZ (1 Dutch painter, born at Haarlem, was one of the first Dutchmen to devote himself to the painting of still life. He showed considerable skill and taste in arranging and colouring chased cups and beakers and tank ards. Nothing is so appetizing as his "luncheon," with rare co mestibles set out upon rich plate, oysters—seldom without the cut lemon—bread, champagne, olives and pastry, painted in a silvery tone against a grey background. Most of Heda's pictures are on the European continent, notably in the galleries of Aix-la-Chapelle, Amsterdam, Dresden, Ghent, The Hague, Karlsruhe, Munich, Paris, Rotterdam, Schwerin and Vienna (Liechtenstein gallery). There is one picture by him in the National Gallery, London.