
Although there are no records telling us who this young woman is, we can learn quite a lot about her from her clothes and jewellery. We are looking, then, at a young,...

Although there are no records telling us who this young woman is, we can learn quite a lot about her from her clothes and jewellery. We are looking, then, at a young,...

The Wallace Collection is a free museum and home to one of the most significant collections of fine and decorative art — 5,500 masterpieces. From masterpieces by...

“Art is the stored honey of the human soul.” ― Theodore Dreiser. Jacob van Walscapelle, A peony, an iris, a poppy, anemones, morning glory and other flowers, in a glass...

The Flemish painter Pieter Claesz (1596/7—1660), probably came from Berchem, near Antwerp. He moved to Haarlem at an early date, where he married in 1617 and remained...

This is an micromosaic floral still life panel from the 19th century, in the manner of Gerard Van Spaendonck (1746—1822). Pictures such as this follow the tradition of...

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning...

Anthony Oberman (1781—1845) was a Dutch 19th century painter. He specialised in flower still-lifes and portraits of horses, for instance commissioned by the Amsterdam...

This still life shows the painter's desire to go beyond the sumptuousness of many similar Dutch Baroque compositions, in favour of a depiction that induces a slow and...
Artist: Abraham Mignon (1640-1679) Title: Still Life with Flowers and a Watch, 1679 Location: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam @rijksmuseum Music: Florence + The Machine @florence

Flemish artist Cornelis de Heem (1631—1695) was the son and pupil of Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1601—1683/84), one of the 17th century’s greatest still-life painters. Like...

Italian Baroque painter Cristoforo Munari (1667—1720) produced the present refined still life in the early 18th century, while he was working in Florence. The artist...

Described by the 18th century Florentine biographer Francesco Maria Niccolo Gaburri as 'an excellent painter in the depiction of kitchens, instruments, rugs, vases,...

The Delft painter Willem van Aelst (1627—1683) devoted himself almost exclusively to the genre of still life. Against a grey or dark background he depicted rare flowers,...

A Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes Pieter Claesz stimulates the senses, encouraging his viewer to savour the sweet berries, tart currants and mild cheese...
📍Mauritshuis, The Hague. Artist: Daniël Seghers & Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaer. Title: Garland of Flowers surrounding a Sculpture of the Virgin Mary. Year: 1645. 🎼...

Jan Weenix (c. 1641?–1719) was a celebrated Amsterdam still-life painter. Likely destined for a townhouse, this decorative painting evokes the bounty of the hunt on a...

Jan van Huysum (1682—1749) lived in Amsterdam, the centre of culture, trade and scientific exploration – especially in horticulture. He had access to the main plant...

Trained as a painter of animals and favored by both Louis XIV and Louis XV, Alexandre François Desportes (1661—1743) achieved fame not only for his hunting scenes but...

Cornelis van Spaendonck (1756—1840), though born in the Netherlands and trained in Belgium, established his career in Paris as both a flower painter and Director of...
Still Life with Flowers in a Glass Vase, 1650-1683 by Jan Davidsz. de Heem @rijksmuseum

Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606–1683/1684) grew up in Utrecht, where he was apprenticed to floral still-life artist Balthasar van der Ast. He moved to Antwerp after 1631 and...
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The majority of Daniel Seghers’s (1590—1661) extant pictures are garland paintings surrounding religious images executed in collaboration with other artists. By...

Jacob de Gheyn II (1565—1629), a painter from The Hague, may have been the first Dutch master to paint a still-life of only flowers, shortly after 1600. The painting...

The importance of the work having been painted in Antwerp, circa 1650s, is understandable only through the history of the city itself. By the sixteenth century Antwerp...

The floral bouquets arranged in a glass vase like the present picture constitute a high point in Daniel Seghers’s (1590—1661) oeuvre and were especially prized by...

Pieter de Ring (1615/1620—1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, famous for his opulent, flashy still lifes or banquet pieces with fruits, lobster, goblet, shrimps,...

Willem van Aelst (1627—1683) trained with his uncle Evert van Aelst in his native city of Delft and opted to specialise in still-life painting. At the age of eighteen he...

The carefully arranged composition, rich in ornamentation and allegory, as well as the opulent costume, nonetheless designates our sitter as a distinguished woman...

This exquisite still life by Rachel Ruysch (1664—1750), one of the most celebrated female artists of the Dutch Golden Age and the first female Netherlandish artist to...
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