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Dutch Golden Age painting is the painting of the Dutch Golden Age, a period in Dutch history roughly spanning the 17th century, [1] during and after the later part of the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) for Dutch independence. The new Dutch Republic was the most prosperous nation in Europe and led European trade, science, and art.
A special genre of still life was the so-called pronkstilleven (Dutch for 'ostentatious still life'). This style of ornate still-life painting was developed in the 1640s in Antwerp by Flemish artists such as Frans Snyders , Osias Beert , Adriaen van Utrecht and a whole generation of Dutch Golden Age painters.
Willem Kalf (1619 – 31 July 1693) was one of the most prominent Dutch still-life painters of the 17th century, the Dutch Golden Age. We first get acquainted with Willem Kalf through Arnold Houbraken, in his Groot Schilderboek, who speaks very highly of him. [1] In fact, Kalf was a highly regarded and celebrated artist during his own lifetime.
Still Life with Flowers in a Decorative Vase, c. 1670–1675, Mauritshuis. Very few women were professional artists during the 1600s. [5] In a 2004 book on Dutch Golden Age paintings by art historian Christopher Lloyd, van Oosterwijck was the only woman whose work was included. [6]
Balthasar van der Ast (Middelburg, 1593/94 – Delft, 7 March 1657) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in still lifes of flowers and fruit, as well as painting a number of remarkable shell still lifes; he is considered to be a pioneer in the genre of shell painting. His still lifes often contain insects and lizards. [1]
Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life is an oil-on-panel painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Harmen Steenwijck. Created around 1640, the work is an allegorical vanitas . It has been in the collection of the National Gallery in London since 1888.
Dutch Golden Age painting David Bailly (1584–1657) was a Dutch Golden Age artist known for his still-life paintings, portraits, and self-portraits. Biography
Still Life with drinking glass, wanli porcelain, pewter jug, olives and napkin 1645, Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest) Painting by Jan Trek. Jan Jansz. Treck (1606, Amsterdam, 25 September 1652 [1]) was a still-life painter during the Dutch Golden Age. [2] Treck used economy in the number of his objects. [3]