# Still life paintings from the Netherlands, 1550–1720

Still Life Paintings from the Netherlands 1550–1720, (Dutch:Het Nederlandse Stilleven 1550–1720) is a 1999 art exhibition catalog published for a jointly held exhibition by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (19 June – 9 September 1999) and Cleveland Museum of Art (31 October 1999 – 9 January 2000). The catalog included detailed discussions of 80 paintings from various collection holders, that together give an overview of the best genres in Dutch still-life paintings, namely kitchen piece (keukenstuk), fruit still-life, (fruitstuk), floral still-life (blommetje), breakfast piece (ontbijtje), vanitas, hunting piece (jaagstuk), and show piece (pronkstilleven). The catalog was organized by type, but also loosely by time period, starting with the earliest works.
| Article | creator | inception | collection | inventory number | catalog code |
| A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms | Pieter Aertsen | 1551 | North Carolina Museum of Art | | 1 |
| Kitchen scene with Christ at Emmaus | Joachim Beuckelaer | 1560s | Mauritshuis | 965 | 2 |
| Chinese porcelain vase of flowers on a tabletop | Jan Brueghel the Elder | 1609 | Kunsthistorisches Museum | GG 558 | 3 |
| Garland of Flowers around an Allegory of Farming | Jan Brueghel the Elder | 1615 | Mauritshuis | 233 | 4 |
| Flowers in a Glass | Ambrosius Bosschaert | 1606 | Cleveland Museum of Art | 1960.108 | 5 |
| Flowers in a Glass in a Niche | Roelant Savery | 1611 | private collection | | 6 |
| Still Life with Flowers in a Vase | Christoffel van den Berghe | 1617 | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Cat. 648 | 7 |
| Dishes with Oysters, Fruit, and Wine | Osias Beert | 1615 | National Gallery of Art | 1995.32.1 | 8 |
| Still life with cheese, bread and drinking vessels | Clara Peeters | 1615 | Mauritshuis | 1203 | 9 |
| Still Life with Cheese | Floris van Dyck | 1615s 1615 | Rijksmuseum | SK-A-4821 | 10 |
| Emblematic Still Life with Flagon, Glass, Jug and Bridle | Johannes van der Beeck | 1614 | Rijksmuseum | SK-A-2813 | 11 |
| The cabinet of a collector with paintings, shells, coins, fossils and flowers | Frans Francken the Younger | 1619 | Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) | 816 | 12 |
| Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market | Frans Snyders | 1614 | Art Institute of Chicago | 1981.182 | 13 |
| Game and fruit on a table | Frans Snyders | 1625 | private collection | | 14 |
| Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill | Pieter Claesz | 1628 | Metropolitan Museum of Art | 49.107 | 15 |
| Open book, Skull, Violin and Oil Lamp | Pieter Claesz | 1629 | private collection | | 16 |
| Breakfast Piece | Pieter Claesz | 1636 | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen | 1122 (OK) | 17 |
| Still Life with Books | Jan Lievens | 1630 | Rijksmuseum | SK-A-4090 | 18 |
| Travel Pouch and Documents on a Table | Paulus Bor | 1630 | private collection | | 19 |
| Pewter Jug and Silver Tazza on a Table | Jan Jansz den Uyl | 1633 | private collection | | 20 |
| Laid Table with Ham and a Roll | Willem Claeszoon Heda | 1635 | Cleveland Museum of Art | | 21 |
| Nautilus Cup, Tazza, and Plates of Oysters | Willem Claeszoon Heda | 1649 | Staatliches Museum Schwerin | | 22 |
| Still Life with Flowers, Shells, and Insects | Balthasar van der Ast | 1635s | private collection | | 23 |
| Floral Still Life | Hans Bollongier | 1639 | Rijksmuseum | SK-A-799 | 24 |
| Flowers in a Vase | Daniel Seghers | 1630s | Neue Residenz Bamberg Bavarian State Painting Collections | 5963 | 25 |
| Flower garland with Saint Catherine | Daniel Seghers | 1650 | Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) | 331 | 26 |
| Books and Pamphlets | Jan Davidsz. de Heem | 1628 | Fondation Custodia | | 27 |
| Still Life with Books | Jan Davidsz. de Heem | 1627 | Rijksmuseum | SK-A-2565 | 28 |
| Nautilus Cup with Silver Vessels | Jan Davidsz. de Heem | 1632 | Barber Institute of Fine Arts | | 29 |
| Fruit and Ham on a Table with a View of a City | Jan Davidsz. de Heem | 1646 | Toledo Museum of Art | | 30 |
| Still Life of Fruit and Dead Fowl | Harmen Steenwijck | 1650 | Private collection | | 31 |
| Abundant Still Life with a Parrot | Jan Davidsz. de Heem | 1655 | Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | | 32 |
| A Richly Laid Table with Parrots | Jan Davidsz. de Heem | 1655 | John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art | | 33 |
| A Vase of Flowers | Jan Davidsz. de Heem | 1660s | Tyrolean State Museum | | 34 |
| Globe, Books and Lute | Gerrit Dou | 1635 | private collection | | 35 |
| Hourglass and Inkpot on a Shelf | Gerrit Dou | 1647 | Wadsworth Atheneum | | 36a |
| Money Bag and a Book on a Shelf | Gerrit Dou | 1647 | Armand Hammer | | 36b |
| Still life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life | Harmen Steenwijck | c. 1640 | National Gallery | NG1256 | 37 |
| Corner of a painter's studio | Simon Luttichuys | 1646 | private collection | | 38 |
| Vanitas with self-portrait | David Bailly | 1651 | Museum De Lakenhal | | 38 |
| Coconuts | Albert Eckhout | 1640s | National Museum of Denmark | | 39a |
| Pineapple, papaya and other fruit | Albert Eckhout | 1640s | National Museum of Denmark | | 39b |
| Still Life with Peacocks | Rembrandt | 1636 | Rijksmuseum | SK-A-3981 | 40 |
| Still Life with a Dead Swan | Jan Baptist Weenix | 1651 | Detroit Institute of Arts | 26.22 | 41 |
| Banquet Still Life | Adriaen van Utrecht | 1644 | Rijksmuseum | SK-C-301 | 42 |
| Game Birds and Fruit with a Dog and Parrot | Jan Fyt | 1652 | private collection | | 43 |
| Vase of Flowers | Jan Fyt | 1660 | Schloss Mosigkau | | 44 |
| Glasses, Smoking Implements, and Cards | Jan Jansz van de Velde | 1653 | Ashmolean Museum | | 45 |
| Still Life with Earthenware Jug and Clay Pipes | Pieter van Anraedt | 1658 | Mauritshuis | 1045 | 46 |
| Corner of a Barn | Willem Kalf | 1643 | Detroit Institute of Arts | | 47 |
| Drinking horn with lobster and glassware | Willem Kalf | 1653 | National Gallery | NG6444 | 48 |
| Still Life with Silver Ewer | Willem Kalf | 1656 | Rijksmuseum | SK-A-199 | 49 |
| Still Life with Chinese Bowl and Nautilus | Willem Kalf | 1662 | Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum | 203 (1962.10) | 50 |
| Wineglass and a Bowl of Fruit | Willem Kalf | 1663 | Cleveland Museum of Art | | 51 |
| Door with towel brush and letter bag | Samuel van Hoogstraten | 1655 | Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | | 52 |
| Letter Board | Samuel van Hoogstraten | 1662 | private collection | | 53 |
| Still life with letter board | Samuel van Hoogstraten | 1667 | Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe | | 54 |
| Documents on a wall | Cornelis Brisé | 1656 | Amsterdam Museum | SA 3024 | 55 |
| An Open Cupboard Door | Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts | 1665 | Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science | | 56 |
| In Praise of Herring | Joseph de Bray | 1656 | Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister | 1407 | 57 |
| Fish in a Basket near a Scale | Abraham van Beijeren | 1655 | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Cat. 639 | 58 |
| Silver Wine Jug, Ham, and Fruit | Abraham van Beijeren | 1660s | Cleveland Museum of Art | | 59 |
| Vase of Flowers | Willem van Aelst | 1658 | private collection | | 60 |
| Dead Birds and Hunting Gear | Willem van Aelst | 1664 | Nationalmuseum Sweden | NM 301 | 61 |
| Seafood, Onion, and Glassware | Willem van Aelst | 1679 | Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister | | 62 |
| Skull, Money Bags, and Documents | N.L. Peschier | 1661 | Institut Néerlandais | | 63 |
| Large Vanitas | Pieter Boel | 1663 | Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille | | 64 |
| Vanitas still life | Maria van Oosterwijck | 1668 | Kunsthistorisches Museum | GG 5714 | 65 |
| Game, Fish, and a Nest on a Forest Floor | Abraham Mignon | 1675 | Department of Paintings of the Louvre | INV 1553 | 66 |
| Still Life with Globe, Books, Sculpture, and Other Objects | Jan van der Heyden | 1670 | Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | | 67 |
| Vase of Flowers | Simon Pietersz Verelst | 1670 | Cleveland Museum of Art | | 68 |
| Flowers in a Glass Vase | Dirck de Bray | 1671 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | M.2009.106.4 | 69 |
| Still Life with Flowers | Dirck de Bray | 1674 | private collection | | 70 |
| Still Life with Walnuts, Tobacco and Wine | Hubert van Ravesteyn | 1671 | Art Gallery of Ontario | | 71 |
| Still-Life with Chinese Teabowls | Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten | 1670s | Gemäldegalerie | | 72 |
| Still life near a fountain | Peeter Gijsels | 1680s | Rijksmuseum | SK-A-2213 | 73 |
| Seashells | Adriaen Coorte | 1698 | Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo Collection | | 74 |
| Gooseberries on a Table | Adriaen Coorte | 1701 | Cleveland Museum of Art | 1987.32 | 75 |
| The Dead Swan | Jan Weenix | 1716 | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen | 1962 (OK) | 76 |
| Flowers and fruit in a forest | Rachel Ruysch | 1714 | Augsburg Municipal Art Collection | 12580 | 77 |
| Vase of Flowers on a Garden Ledge | Jan van Huysum | 1730 | private collection | | 78 |

## Sources

* Still Life Paintings from the Netherlands 1550–1720, (Dutch:Het Nederlandse Stilleven 1550–1720), by Alan Chong, W. Th Kloek, Celeste Brusati, Exhibition catalog Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and Cleveland Museum of Art, Zwolle, Waanders, 1999