Dutch still life painting

Roses, tulips, carnations an iris and other flowers in a Chinese transitional blue and white jardiniere with moths and other insects on a ledge

Cornelis de Heem

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Vanitas Still-Life with a Skull, Simon Luttichuys. Dutch Baroque Era Painter (1610-1661)

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Willem Kalf - The Desert. 105 x 87.5 cm, Oil on canvas, Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Willem van Aelst - A Still Life with Tulips and Other Flowers in a Vase

Willem Kalf was the master of the pronkstilleven with was a form of still life that featured rare and valuable items. I have been for some time searching for a Ginger Jar that featured in his work, whilst not identical, this is pretty close. One of things I love about Kalf is his ability to paint the translucency of porcelain. Chinese Kraak porcelain was much in demand by the royalty of Europe, a little Kalpmuts bowl like this would have commanded quite a price in its day. It is so light and…