Jan david z de heem biography

          Jan davidsz. de heem vase of flowers

        1. Jan Janszoon de Heem (bapt.
        2. De heem still life
        3. Jan Davidsz De Heem ( - or ) was active/lived in Holland, Netherlands.
        4. De Heem was one of the greatest painters of still lifes in the Netherlands, combining a brilliance and harmony of colour along with an accurate rendering of.

          5. De heem still life.

          Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-83)

          Gerard Terborch (1617-81)
          Genre painter, Amsterdam, Haarlem.
          Willem Kalf (1619-93)
          Virtuoso still life artist.
          Jan Steen (1626-79)
          Leiden artist: tavern scenes.
          Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-78)
          Trompe l'oeil, perspective pictures.
          Jacob Van Ruisdael (1628-82)
          Haarlem-born landscape painter
          Pieter de Hooch (1629-83)
          Famous Delft school genre-painter.
          Gabriel Metsu (1629-67)
          Intimate small-scale genre scenes.
          Jan Vermeer (1632-75)
          Greatest Dutch Realist artist.
          Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750)
          Greatest Dutch flower painter.

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          Early Paintings

          Some of de Heem's early paintings of still-lifes show a technique not too dissimilar to Aelbert Cuyp.

          As the years progressed, de Heem's style however developed into something very original. His painting became so popular, that his workshop was always busy, and in later years his sons would help to fulfil those orders. An early painting, now in a private colle