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Prince William III surrounded by a cartouche of flowers and fruit was sold for 2000 guilders, one of the highest prices ever paid for a painting during the Dutch Golden Age. His sons worked together with him in his workshop on the commissions for new paintings. He retouched their work and put his signature on the paintings.
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De Heem was one of the greatest painters of still lifes in the Netherlands, combining a brilliance and harmony of colour along with an accurate rendering of objects: flowers, in all their variety; European and tropical fruits; lobsters and oysters; butterflies and moths; stone and metal; snails and
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Often he would convey a moral or illustrate a motto: a snake lying coiled under grass; a skull on plants in bloom. Gold and silver cups or tankards are suggestive of the vanity of earthly possessions. Salvation is seen allegorically as a chalice amid blossoms, and death as a crucifix in a wreath.
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of that city in 1637. However he was often absent, as attested by the duties he had to pay for this. His remarkable talent gained him a considerable reputation. He could hardly satisfy the demand. De Heem was considered one of the greatest painters of his time. He was well paid and a portrait of
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He remained in Antwerp until 1667, when he moved back to Utrecht, where records trace his presence from 1668 to 1671. He left Utrecht in 1671 when French troops were approaching the city. It is not known when he finally returned to Antwerp, but his death there is recorded in the guild books.
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is a celebrated work of 1653 in which creepers mingle beautifully with gourds, blackberries, orange, myrtle and peach, and further enlivened with butterflies, moths and beetles. A landscape with a blooming rose tree, a jug of strawberries, a selection of fruit, and a marble bust of
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A number of de Heems, of whom Jan Davidsz. was the most distinguished, painted works in similar styles, that are often hard to distinguish. These include a brother, two sons, of whom Cornelis became particularly successful, and at least one grandson by each son.
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This family of painters started with the unknown father of David de Heem the Elder (1570–1631) and an unknown brother. This anonymous brother had a son, Jan or Johannes de Heem (c. 1603 - † probably after 1659), a painter of still lifes, flowers and fruits.
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His signature varied: his initials (J. De Heem f.), or Johannes (IOANNES DE HEEM F.), or his father's name adjoined to his own (J. D. De Heem f.). Occasionally he provided a date (such as A. i65i), especially with his best work.
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Of the one hundred or more of his pictures seen in European galleries, only 18 are dated. An early work shows a chased tankard with a bottle, a silver cup and a lemon on a marble table, dated 1640, in the
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David de Heem the Elder had two sons, also painters: Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606- † before 26 April 1684) and David Davidsz. de Heem (1610 - † after 1669).
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Van Heem married twice, first with Alette van Weede with whom he had three surviving children on her death in 1643, one of which,
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Jan Davidsz. de Heem had three sons, all painters; from a first marriage: David Janszoon de Heem (29 November 1628 - † ?),
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still lifes and flower pieces, but he is best known for his ornate or sumptuous still lifes, the so-called '
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who was active in Utrecht and Antwerp. He is a major representative of that genre in both
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Vanitas Still life with Books, a Globe, a Skull, a Violin and a Fan
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Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs
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from about 1625 to 1629, where he studied in 1629 under
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Apart from his two sons, he had several apprentices:
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Flemish paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Still-Life, Breakfast with Champagne Glass and Pipe
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Still Life with Fruit, Flowers, Glasses and Lobster
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Index

Jan Davidsz de Heem
Utrecht
Antwerp
still life
painter
Dutch
Flemish Baroque painting

Adriaen Brouwer

William III of England
Utrecht
Balthasar van der Ast
Leiden
David Bailly
Southern Netherlands
Guild of Saint Luke
burgher

Lionel Nathan de Rothschild
National Gallery of Art
Cornelis
Jan
Michiel Verstylen
Alexander Coosemans
Thomas de Klerck
Lenaert Rougghe
Theodor Aenvanck
Andries Benedetti
Elias van den Broeck

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