Cornelis de Heem

He appears to have been trained by his father in Antwerp, who, like him, was born in the Dutch Republic but died in the Southern Netherlands. Jan's subsequent career, like many painters—especially after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648—moved fluidly between the two traditionally-connected areas of the north and south Low Countries. He became a member of the Antwerp painters' guild in 1660, and from 1667 until the late 1680s he was variously active in Utrecht, IJsselstein, and The Hague. It is often not easy to distinguish the works of the different members of the family, which included his brother Jan Jansz, nephew Jan Jansz. II, and son David Cornelisz. (1663 – after 1718), who all painted mostly flower and fruit pieces in a similar style and probably often collaborated. Cornelis's works, however, tend to be small, display a preference for strong blues, and, over time, shifted away from the painterly style preferred by his father. He died in Antwerp, aged 64. • Illustration — Still Life with Lobster, painted in the second half of the 17th century • Illustration — Pageantry Still Life with copulating sparrows, 1657, Städelsches Kunstinstitut

The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life and floral. Works named in the authority record are Still Life with Flowers and Fruit. Work by Cornelis de Heem is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, Nationalmuseum and Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.

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