Nicolaes Gillis
Illustration — Still life, 1611 Nicolaes Gillis (1593, Antwerp – 1630, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter.
Also recorded as Claes Gillis · Nicholaes Gillis · Claes Gillisz · nicolaes gilles
Nicolaes Gillis
Franchoys Elaut / Nicolaes Gillis · Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork wga QS:P11807,"g/gillis/laidtabl" · Public domain
- Born
- 1593 · Antwerp.
- Died
- 1630 · Haarlem.
- Nationality
- Habsburg Netherlands · Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- still life
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Still life, 1611 Nicolaes Gillis (1593, Antwerp – 1630, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter.
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Gillis was one of the first artists to paint independent still life paintings and is considered a pioneer of the Haarlem fruit and flower still life. His oeuvre consists of fruit and flower still lifes and he was one of the first few painters of the banketje, or "breakfast still life". After training in Antwerp, where Gillis learned much from Osias Beert, he moved to Haarlem, bringing these Antwerp influences with him. Research has revealed a fruitful exchange of influences with his colleague Floris van Dyck. He married Tanneken Abeels in Haarlem in 1615 and is documented there up to his passing in 1630.
Nicolaes Gillis - Banquet Piece, 1601
Nicolaes Gillis · Photo of "A Prosperous Past" by Sam Segal, 1988
Nicolaes Gillis - Banquet Piece, 1625
Nicolaes Gillis · Photo of "A Prosperous Past" by Sam Segal, 1988
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1593
Nicolaes Gillis born at Antwerp.
1630
Nicolaes Gillis died at Haarlem.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Claes Gillis, Nicholaes Gillis, Claes Gillisz and nicolaes gilles. His recorded language was Dutch.
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