Pieter Claesz. (1597/98 - 1660)
Dutch still life painter
Pieter Cleasz. was born in Berchem, Flanders. He is mentioned in 1640 as being approximately forty-three years old, so his date of birth must have been in 1596 or 1597. In 1619 a Pieter Clasen joined the Antwerp guild, but it is not sure if this is the same person as Pieter Claesz.
In 1620/21 he moved to Haarlem, where in 1622 his son Nicolaes Berchem was born. Claesz. Is mentioned in Samuel Ampzing's Beschrijvinge ende lof der stad Haerlem, a description of Haarlem from 1628. Very little is know about his life. He was a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Haarlem and is registered as the teacher of his son in 1642. Cleaesz. died in December 1660 and was buried in Haarlem on January 1, 1661.
Only still lifes are known from Pieter Claesz. In the 1620s he developped together with Willem Claesz. Heda the „monochrome banketje“, a still life with very few objects and a very limited palette, making the handling of light and texture the prime means of expression. Almost all his work is signed with the monogram PC
Vanitas Still Life
1625
1625
Skull, Lamp, Book, and Pen
1628
1628
Open book, Skull, Violin, and Oil Lamp
1629
1629
Herring with a Glass of Beer and a Roll
1636
1636
Vanitas Still Life with the Spinario
1628
1628
Fruit Still Life with Gilded Tazza and Cheese Basket
c. 1624
c. 1624
Still life with turkey pie
1627
1627
Banketje
1628
1628
Vanitas still life
1630
1630
Still Life with a Gold Chain
n.d.
n.d.
Still life with Roemer
1644
1644
Still Life with Roemer
1645
1645
Vanitas Still Life with Violin and Glass Ball
1628
1628
Still life
c. 1635
c. 1635
Still life with a Salt
c. 1640-45
c. 1640-45
Still Life with a Ham
1642
1642
Still Life
1627
1627
Still Life with a Rummer and Shrimp
1646
1646
Still Life with a Fish
1647
1647
Still Life with Turkey Pie
1627
1627
Still Life
1641
1641
A breakfast-piece
1637
1637
Still Life on a Table with Musical Instruments
A breakfast-piece
Still Life with Drinking Vessels
1649
1649
Pipes and Brazier
1636
1636
Breakfast with Ham
1647
1647
Still Life
Still Life with Roemer, Roll, Smoked Herring, Watch and Smoker's Requisites
c.1625/26
c.1625/26
Still Life
c. 1639
c. 1639
Two roemers, a roll, a plate of olives, a knife, and tobacco and oysters on a pewter dish atop a table
1642
1642
Still Life with Fruit, Bread and Two Rummers
1644
1644
Still Life
1624
1624
Still Life with Large Berkemeyer and Gold Pocket Watch
c. 1632
c. 1632
Pewter dishes of crabs and oysters with a tray of roemers and a basket of peaches and grapes
1657
1657
Still Life with Lighted Candle
1627
1627
Still-life with Glasses
1641
1641
Still Life with Tazza
1636
1636
An upturned pewter jug, silver beaker, a candlestick with a pewter platter, a glass cup and cover, mustard pot and a vine on a draped table
Still Life with Three Lemons
1629
1629
Still life with silver tazza, fallen berkenmeier, knife and lemon
1630
1630
Set table with lobster, silver jug, large birch bowl, fruit bowl, violin and books
1641
1641
Still Life with Oysters
1630s
1630s
Table with ham and cheese
c. 1625
c. 1625
Set table with turkey pie
c. 1626
c. 1626
Still life with gilded lidded goblet, overturned jug, turkey pie, tazza, large silver dish with glasses and fruits
v. 1648
v. 1648
Set table with pie, tazza, gilded lidded goblet and stemware
1637
1637
Still Life with Smoking Gear, a Violin and Books
c. 1623
c. 1623
Still Life with Smoking Utensils and two Herrings
1627
1627
Vanitas Still Life
1636
1636
St. Martin's cup from the Haarlem brewers' guild with pocket watch and nuts
1641
1641
Still life with smoking utensils, stoneware jug, berkenmeier and shells
1640
1640
Banketje with rummer, herring, mustard pot and bread roll
1642
1642
Banketje with oysters on a crab, roll, birch egg, salt shaker and drinking bowl
1651
1651
Fruit Still Life
1621
1621
Still Life with Smoking Utensils
1622
1622
Set table with pies and basket of grapes
1625
1625
Large stemware with fruits
c. 1627
c. 1627
Set table with pewter jug, overturned silver cup, stemware, flute glass, roast capon and oysters
1647
1647
Still Life with Smoking Utensils, Herring, Bread and a Roemer
1625
1625