Frans Snyders
(1579 – 1657)
 

Frans Snyders or Frans Snijders was a Flemish painter of animals, hunting scenes, market scenes, and still lifes. A versatile artist, his works depict all sorts of foods, utensils, and tableware and wide assortment of animals. He was one of the earliest specialist animaliers and he is credited with initiating a wide variety of new still-life and animal subjects in Antwerp. His hunting scenes and still lifes engage the viewer with their dramatic and dynamic effects. He was a regular collaborator with leading Antwerp painters such as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, and Abraham Janssens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Snyders

 

Still Life with a Maid
1633
Oil on canvas
153 x 214 cm
Museo del Prado
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/still-life-with-a-maid/025b2c33-b378-40da-a40c-a60389cce73c

Osias Beert the Elder
(c. 1580 - 1623)

Osias Beert or Osias Beert the Elder was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp who played an important role in the early development of flower and "breakfast"-type still lifes as independent genres in Northern European art. He has been recognized as one of the most influential artists of the earliest generation of still life painters in Flanders. He contributed in particular to the development of still lifes placed on table tops featuring festive culinary delights as well as of sumptuous floral bouquets, typically displayed in Wan Li vases.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osias_Beert

Dishes with Oysters, Fruit, and Wine
c. 1620/1624
Oil on panel
52.9 x 73.4 cm
NGA - National Gallery of Art
https://www.nga.gov/artworks/91389-dishes-oysters-fruit-and-wine

Maria van Oosterwijck
(1630 – 1693)
 

Maria van Oosterwijck, also spelled Oosterwyck, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, specialising in richly detailed flower paintings and other still lifes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_van_Oosterwijck

 

Vanitas Still Life
1675
Oil on canvas
78.6 x 103.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/Vanitas-stilleven--d033000c6105aa20de529b8a2edc221d

 <b>Adriaen Coorte</b>
(1665 – 1707)

 

Adriaen Coorte was a Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes, who signed works between 1683 and 1707. He painted small and unpretentious still lifes in a style more typical of the first half of the century, and was "one of the last practitioners of this intimate category".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaen_Coorte

 

Still Life with Asparagus
1697
Oil on panel
25 x 20 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/Still-Life-with-Asparagus--a10d24c9b6d2774e912db7afe05fb4ff

Abraham van Beyeren
(1620 – 1690)
 

Abraham Hendriksz van Beijeren or Abraham van Beyeren was a Dutch Baroque painter of still lifes. Little recognized in his day and initially active as a marine painter, he is now considered one of the most important painters of still lifes, and still lifes of fish and so-called 'pronkstillevens', i.e. sumptuous still lifes of luxurious objects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_van_Beijeren

Banquet Still Life
after 1655     
Oil on canvas
99.5 x 120.5 cm
Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-collection/artworks/1056-banquet-still-life 

 

 

 Willem Kalf   
(1619 – 1693)

Willem Kalf 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. In fact, Kalf was a highly regarded and celebrated artist during his own lifetime. This was due to his extensive art knowledge and what we gain from Houbraken, his affable personality. His claim to fame now rests mostly on his mature still lifes, pronkstilleven in Dutch, which feature the most exotic and luxurious objects. This can be seen in for example, Still life with nautilus beaker and porcelain lidded bowl from 1662, which became an iconic piece of western art. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Kalf

Still Life with a Silver Jug and a Porcelain Bow
1655 - 1660
Oil on canvas
73.8 cm x width 65.2 cm
Rijksmuseum
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/Still-Life-with-a-Silver-Jug-and-a-Porcelain-Bowl--4e711e3145b1a3937a6b88a2586e1a92

Jan Davidsz. de Heem
(1606 – 1684)

Jan Davidsz. de Heem or in-full Jan Davidszoon de Heem, also called Johannes de Heem or Johannes van Antwerpen or Jan Davidsz de Hem, was a still life painter who was active in Utrecht and Antwerp. He is a major representative of that genre in both Dutch and Flemish Baroque painting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Davidsz._de_Heem

Banquet Still Life
1643, 
Oil on canvas    
155 x 211 cm

Private collection

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6298660