Pieter Claesz

(1597–1660) nederländsk konstnär

Pieter Claesz (1597–1660) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Pieter Claesz belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Pieter Claesz was born in Berchem and died in Haarlem. Pieter Claesz worked in Antwerp and Haarlem. Wikidata associates Pieter Claesz with Dutch Golden Age painting. Pieter Claesz became a member of Haarlem Guild of St. Luke and Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. The students included Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem.

The best-known works include ‘Vanitas Still Life’, ‘Still life with a lighted candle’, and ‘Still life with a fish’. The works belong mainly to the genre still life. The catalogue has 202 works by Pieter Claesz with free images. The dated works span the years 1621–1820. Works by Pieter Claesz are held by several collections, among them Gebruder Douwes, Frans Hals Museum, Rijksmuseum, and Kunsthandel P. de Boer. Wikidata links 24 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jacques Linard, Henricus Hondius, Pieter Symonsz. Potter, Cornelis Schut, and Sebastian Stoskopff.

• The Baroque
• Still Life with a Turkey Pie