Jacques de Claeuw
Illustration — Vanitas Jacques de Claeuw, or Grieff (May 1623, Dordrecht – 7 November 1694, Leiden), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Also recorded as Jacques De Grief Claeuw · Jacques De Grief Claeu · Jacques de Grief · Jacques de Claeu
Jacques de Claeuw
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- Born
- 1623 · Dordrecht.
- Died
- 1694 · Leiden.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- still life
- Known for
- Vanitas still life · Stilll life with fruits
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Vanitas Jacques de Claeuw, or Grieff (May 1623, Dordrecht – 7 November 1694, Leiden), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life. Works named in the authority record are Vanitas still life and Stilll life with fruits. Work by Jacques de Claeuw is recorded in the collections of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Prinsenhof, Rijksmuseum, Frans Hals Museum and Führermuseum.
According to Houbraken, together with Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp, Isaac van Hasselt, and Cornelis Tegelberg, he helped separate the Dordrecht Guild of Saint Luke from the old Gild van de vyf Neringen (guild of five trades) in 1642. According to the RKD he was a member of the Dordrecht guild in 1642–46, in 1646 he became a member of the guild in the Hague, and in 1651 he married and moved to Leiden where he became the father of Adriaen de Grijef. He is registered also in Haarlem in 1687.
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1623
Jacques de Claeuw was born on 1 January 1623.
1694
Jacques de Claeuw died on 7 November 1694.
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Dordrecht.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q721301: Jacques de Claeuw
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