Maerten Boelema de Stomme
Illustration — Still-Life with Nautilus Cup. Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm. • Illustration — Still life with a "Bearded Man" crock and a nautilus shell cup Maerten Boelema de Stomme (1611 in Leeuwarden – after 1644 in Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
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Maerten Boelema de Stomme
Maerten Boelema de Stomme · http: kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=S+122 · Public domain
- Born
- Maerten Boelema de Stomme was born in 1611. · Leeuwarden.
- Died
- Maerten Boelema de Stomme died in 1644.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- still life
- Known for
- Still-Life with Nautilus Cup
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Still-Life with Nautilus Cup. Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm. • Illustration — Still life with a "Bearded Man" crock and a nautilus shell cup Maerten Boelema de Stomme (1611 in Leeuwarden – after 1644 in Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
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Maerten Boelema de Stomme (1611–1644) was a Dutch painter. The painter was born in Leeuwarden. Maerten Boelema de Stomme worked in Haarlem.
Works include Still-Life with Nautilus Cup. Genres include still life. Languages used include Dutch. Works by the painter are held at Finnish National Gallery, Fries Museum and Hallwyl Museum, among others.
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Biography
The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life. Places of work recorded in the authority are Haarlem. Works named in the authority record are Still-Life with Nautilus Cup. Work by Maerten Boelema de Stomme is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, M Leuven, Fries Museum and Nantes Museum of Arts.
According to the RKD he was a pupil of Willem Claesz Heda in 1642 and signed his works 'M.B. de Stomme'. Dated works are known from the short period 1642-1644. Boelema called himself "de Stomme" as he was mute. He specialized in stilllifes with so called Roemer glasses filled with white wine, nuts, knives decorated with mother of pearl, half peeled lemons, wine leaves and silver plates. These often stand directly on a stone board or on a heavy green or rosa tablecloth decorated with gold fringes.
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Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Maerten Boelema, Marten Boelema de Stomme, Maerten Boelema De Stomme, Boelema de Stomme and boelema martin: de stomme. His recorded language was Dutch.
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1611
Maerten Boelema de Stomme born at Leeuwarden.
1644
Maerten Boelema de Stomme died.
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Maerten Boelema de Stomme was born at Leeuwarden.
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