Examples of still life pictures by artists born before 1700:
Pieter Aertsen (Netherlandish, active in Antwerp, 1508-1575), A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms, 1551, oil on wood panel, 45 1/2 x 66 1/2 inches (115.5 x 169.0 cm, North Carolina Art Museum, Raleigh.
Georg Flegel (German, 1563-1638), Still Life, oil
on wood panel,
10 5/8 x 13 3/8 inches (27 x 34 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art,
NY.
Jacques de Gheyn the Elder (Dutch, 1565-1629),
Vanitas Still Life, 1603, oil
on wood panel,
32 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (82.6 x 54 cm), Metropolitan Museum of
Art, NY. See Dutch art, niche, and vanitas.
Jan Brueghel the Elder (Dutch , 1568-1625).
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (Dutch, 1573-1621).
Frans Snyders (Flemish, 1579-1657), Market Scene on a Quay, about 1635, oil on canvas, 79 5/16 x 135 inches (201.5 x 343.5 cm), North Carolina Art Museum, Raleigh.
Balthasar van der Ast (Dutch, 1593/94-1657), Still Life with a Basket of Fruit, 1622, oil on wood panel, 19 1/2 x 32 inches (49.5 x 81.3 cm), North Carolina Art Museum, Raleigh. See vanitas.
Clara Peeters (Flemish, 1594-1657), Still Life of Fish and Cat, no date, oil on wood panel, 13 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC.
Floris van Schooten (Netherlandish, active 1612-1655), Still Life with Ham, oil, 63 x 83 cm, Louvre.
Willem Claesz. Heda (Dutch, 1594-1680/2),
Breakfast with a Crab, 1648, oil
on canvas, 46 1/2 x
46 1/2 inches (118 x 118 cm), Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg,
Russia. Willem Claesz. Heda and Pieter Claesz were the masters
of the Dutch ontbijt
or breakfast piece.
Pieter Claesz (Dutch, 1597/98 - 1660), Still Life with Two Lemons, 1629, oil on wood
panel, 16 7/8 x 23 3/8 inches
(42.7 x 59.3 cm), Cleveland Museum of Art. See ontbijt.
Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598-1664)
Jan Brueghel the Younger (Flemish, 1601-1678),
A Basket of Flowers, oil
on wood panel,
18 1/2 x 26 7/8 inches (47 x 68.3 cm), Metropolitan Museum of
Art, NY. See basket.
Balthazar Gomes Figuera (Portuguese, 1604-1674), Still Life with Fish, 1645, oil, 54 x 75 cm, Louvre.
Jan Davidsz. de Heem (Dutch, 1606-1683/84),
Still Life with a Glass and Oysters,
oil on wood
panel, 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches
(25.1 x 19.1 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Adriaen van Ostade (Netherlandish, 1610-1685).
Lubin Baugin (French, c. 1612 - 1663), Still Life with Chessboard, oil on canvas, 55 x 73 cm, Louvre. This painting might be interpreted as either an allegory of the five senses or of the sacred and the profane.
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn. See Baroque.
Pieter van de Venne (Netherlandish, -1657).
Willem Kalf (Dutch, 1619-1693), Still Life with Fruit, Glassware, and a Wan-li
Bowl, 1659, oil
on canvas, 23 x 20 inches
(58.4 x 50.8 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Willem van Aelst (Dutch, 1627-after 1682), Vanitas Flower Still Life, c. 1656, oil on canvas, 22 x 18 1/4 inches (55.9 x 46.4 cm), North Carolina
Art Museum, Raleigh. See vanitas.
Hubert van Ravesteyn (Netherlandish, 1638 - c.1691).
Nicolaes van Veerendael (Flemish, 1640-1691),
A Bouquet of Flowers in a Crystal Vase,
1662, oil on canvas,
19 1/2 x 15 7/8 inches (49.5 x 40.3 cm), Metropolitan Museum
of Art, NY.
Alexandre François Desportes (French,
1661-1743), Still Life with Silver, oil
on canvas, 103 x 73
3/4 inches (261.6 x 187.3 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Jean Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686-1755), Still Life (hare, duck, bottle, bread and cheese), 1742, oil on canvas, 1.43 x 0.87 m, Louvre.
Jean Baptiste Oudry,
Dog Guarding Dead Game, 1753, oil
on canvas, 25 1/2 x
31 3/4 inches (64.8 x 80.6 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (French, 1699-1779), The Skate, before 1728, oil on canvas, 1.14 x 1.46 m, Louvre. See French art and Rococo.
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (French,
1699-1779), The Silver Tureen, 1728, oil
on canvas, 30 x 42 1/2
inches (76.2 x 108 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. See French art and Rococo.
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Still Life with Ray and Basket of Onions, 1731, oil on canvas, 16 x 12 5/8 inches (40.6 x 32.0 cm), North Carolina Art Museum, Raleigh.
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Still-Life with the Attributes of the Arts,
1766, oil on canvas,
44 x 55 inches (112 x 140.5 cm), Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg,
Russia.
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, The Attributes of the Arts, 1766, oil on canvas,
44 1/2 x 57 1/4 inches, Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
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