Harmen Steenwijck

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Harmen Steenwijck, still life, Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden

Harmen Steenwijck , also Herman van Steenwijk or Harmen van Steenwyck (* approx. 1612 in Delft , today: Netherlands ; † after 1656 in Leiden , Netherlands) was a Dutch painter of the Golden Age who became known for his still lifes .

Life

Like his brother Pieter Steenwijck, Harmen was apprenticed to his uncle, the painter David Bailly , in Leiden in 1628 by his father Evert . In the following years he was a painter there before returning to his hometown in 1633. He was quite successful with his fruit still lifes and in 1636 became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Delft.

Steenwijck traveled to the Dutch East Indies , today's Indonesia, between 1654 and 1656 . After his return he has not been known to have worked as a painter since 1656. He died in Leiden around 1676.

Works (selection)

  • Allegory of the Vanitas of Human Life , oil on panel, 1640, 39.2 × 50.7 cm. National Gallery , London.
  • Vanitas , oil on panel, 37.7 × 38.2 cm, 1640, Museum de Lakenhal , Leiden , Netherlands.
  • Still life with earthen jug, fish and fruit , oil on panel, 1652, 23 × 27 cm, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam .
  • Still life with fruits and dead poultry , oil on canvas, 78 × 102 cm, private collection.
  • Still life with peaches . Donation by Christoph Müller, Schwerin State Museum , Schwerin.
  • Still life with musical instruments and notes , oil on oak, 42 ​​× 59 cm. Since 1891 Gemäldegalerie , Berlin.
  • Still life with fish, pear, pheasant and kitchen ware , Ashmolean Museum , Oxford.
  • Still life with fruit , Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
  • Still life , oil on canvas, 25 × 39 cm, private collection.

literature

  • A. Bedius: De schilders Pieter en Harmen Steenwijck. In Oud-Holland 8, 1890, pp. 143-148.
  • Walter Liedtke u. a .: Vermeer and the Delft School , Catalog Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2001, p.

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personal data
SURNAME Steenwijck, Harmen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steenwijk, Herman van; Steenwyck, Harmen van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch still life painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1612
PLACE OF BIRTH Delft
DATE OF DEATH after 1656
Place of death Leiden , Netherlands