
Gillis Mostaert the Elder (1528—1598) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century. Gillis Mostaert was known in...

Gillis Mostaert the Elder (1528—1598) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century. Gillis Mostaert was known in...

The composition of this still life is both sumptuous and inventive. German painter Abraham Mignon (1640—1679) set the roemer, the green glass at the left, upside down....

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...

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...

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...

Gérard van Spaendonck (1746—1822) was the foremost European painter of floral and fruit still life at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries. After...

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 painting follows in a tradition of Dutch and Flemish flower still life paintings showing a pocket watch attached to a blue ribbon with a wind-up key. This is one of...

The Dutch and Flemish took extraordinary delight in depictions of the natural world as an expression of God’s everlasting blessing. The flower paintings of Jan Davidsz...

American painter Martin Johnson Heade (1819—1904) known for his depictions of tropical birds, lotus blossoms and other still-life paintings. He travelled to the tropics...

From the 1600s into the early 18th century, many Dutch artists produced flower still-lifes, which emerged from illustrated studies of actual plants, the rise of floral...

This small canvas, in which the Dutch female artist employs vivid colours against a dark background, is a fine example of Maria van Oosterwyck's (1630—1693) still-life...

Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os (1782—1861), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. From 1816 to 1820 he worked in Amsterdam. In 1822 he moved to...

Cornelis Lieste (1817—1861) was a Dutch painter and lithographer. He specialised in Romantic style landscapes. Cornelis Lieste, Landscape with Crescent Moon, Private...

Paul Theodor van Brussel (1754—1795) was one of the most accomplished still life artists of his day. Van Brussel’s choice of arrangements, handled with extraordinarily...

"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the...

Eloise Harriet Stannard (1829—1915) was a British 19th century painter known for her still-life work. She was one of only two notable women artists associated with the...

The overwhelming quality of this meticulously painted still-life artwork is enhanced by its excellent state of preservation which allows the viewer to enjoy Georgius...

Jan Frans van Dael (1764—1840), a Flemish artist, was one of the most highly regarded still life painters of flowers and fruits in Paris during the late 18th and early...