#willemvanaelst

Still life painter Willem van Aelst (1627—1683) was one of the earliest Dutch artists to paint an asymmetrically arranged still life paintings of fine glassware, silver... ещё

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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... ещё

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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... ещё

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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... ещё

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