
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....

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...

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...

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...

D IN RED (Peony in a champagne glass) 110 x 80cm, oil on canvas . . .