Willem Kalf
(1619–1693) Dutch painter (1619–1693)
Willem Kalf (1619–1693) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Willem Kalf belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Willem Kalf was born in Rotterdam and died in Amsterdam. Willem Kalf worked in Rotterdam, The Hague, Paris, and Rotterdam. Wikidata associates Willem Kalf with Dutch Golden Age painting.
The best-known works include ‘Still Llife with a Roemer’, ‘Still Life with Shells’, and ‘Still Life with a Chinese Porcelain Jar’. The works belong mainly to the genres still life, genre painting, and fruit painting. The catalogue has 75 works by Willem Kalf with free images. The dated works span the years 1640–1717. Works by Willem Kalf are held by several collections, among them Gemäldegalerie, Mauritshuis, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, and Fondation Custodia. Wikidata links 22 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jan Philip Van Thielen, Ginevra Cantofoli, Cornelis Gerritsz Decker, Philips Wouwerman, and Sebastián Herrera Barnuevo.