Thursday, December 4, 2025

Pieter Claesz
(1597- 1661)
 

Pieter Claesz was a Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes.  He was born in Berchem, Belgium, near Antwerp, where he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1620. He moved to Haarlem in 1620, where his son, the landscape painter Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem was born.

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

Still Life with Lighted Candle
1627
Oil on panel
26.1 x 37.3 cm.
The Mauritshuis, The Hague
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-collection/artworks/947-still-life-with-lighted-candle


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