all styles equally and believed that the preeminent artists of all fields should be valued for their skill over their subject matter. After attitudes towards genre paintings were changed, and Dutch art was once again in vogue, Willem Claesz Heda returned to prominence in the art world. Heda was rediscovered by the French art critic Théophile Thoré in the 1860s. After seeing an example of his work at the Boijmans Museum in Rotterdam, Thoré praised Heda's ability to make "petite nature into a splendid celebration of life." Legacy Heda died in his native city of Haarlem in 1680 or 1682. Heda's renewed popularity in the latter half of the 19th century resulted in the dissemination of his pieces throughout the world. His works can now be found on display in some of the world's most famous museums: the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Louvre, Paris; The National Gallery, London; The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria; and the Hermitage, St. Petersburg. As one of the most recognized Dutch masters and one of the signature artists of the still life genre, his paintings feature in general surveys of art history as some of the highlights of Dutch seventeenth-century painting. His pupils include Maerten Boelema de Stomme, Gerret Willemsz Heda, Hendrik Heerschop, and Arnold van Beresteijn. References Sources External links Works and literature at PubHist Heda`s page at the Rijksmuseum's website Christopher D. M. Atkins, “Still Life with a Ham and a Roemer by Joachim Patinir (cat. 644),” in The John G. Johnson Collection: A History and Selected Works, a Philadelphia Museum of Art free digital publication 1590s births 1680s deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Artists from Haarlem Painters from Haarlem Dutch still life painters