Artist: Willem Van Aelst (1626 - 1687)
Nationality: Dutch
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Initially taught by his uncle in Delft, Willem van Aelst then joined the Delft painter’s guild in 1643 before working in France later that decade. He served as the court painter in Florence to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando II de’ Medici. While in Italy, he encountered other Dutch naturalist painters who may have influenced the development of Van Aelst’s detailed style. In 1657, he settled in Amsterdam and painted his famous still-life paintings that depicted glassware, silver, fruit, and flowers much like the work of Willem Kalf. He also produced over sixty game pictures between 1652 and 1681.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Willem van Aelst, Flowers in a Silver Vase, 1663
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Still Life with Dead Birds and Game Bag
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Willem van Aelst - Group of Flowers 1675 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum Dutch
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Willem van Aelst - Vanitas Flower Still Life c. 1656 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art Dutch
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Willem van Aelst - Still Life with Dead Game 1661 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Nicolaus van Aelst, Planter del Conclave in fede nacanter di Leone XI (Pope Leo XI and the conclave of priests), 1605
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Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Triptych: (right wing) Mary Magdalen (left wing) Joseph of Arimathaea, 16th century
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Frans Hals - Willem Coymans 1645 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Pieter Coecke van Aelst - The Adoration of the Magi c. 1530 oil on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art Flemish
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Jacobus Houbraken, (Gustaaf Willem...), 1742
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Willem de Kooning, Untitled (Two Women), 20th century
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Willem van Herp, Merry Company, 17th century
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Willem van Lande , Cavalry engagement, 17th century
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Abraham Blooteling, Portrait of Willem van Haren Sr., 1680
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Willem Isaaksz Swanenburg, The Magdalen in the Wilderness, 1609
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Anthony van Dyck, Willem de Vos, 16th - 17th century
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Willem Linnig, [Two women with instruments], 19th century
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Mathias de Sallieth, Portrait of M.Willem Bilderdyk, 1790
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Willem de Heusch, The Pilgrim and the Shepherd, 17th century
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle, Arx Moorby, 17th century
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle, Rosersberg, 17th century
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle, Rosersberg, 17th century
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle, Carlberg, 17th century
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle, Carlberg, 17th century
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle, Ostanaa, 17th century
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Willem van der Vliet, Portrait of a Woman, 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt, One of 11 landscapes, 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt, One of 11 landscapes, 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt, One of 11 landscapes, 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt, One of 11 landscapes, 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt, One of 11 landscapes, 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt, One of 11 landscapes, 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt, One of 11 landscapes, 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt, One of 11 landscapes, 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt, One of 11 landscapes, 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt, One of 11 landscapes, 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt, One of 11 landscapes, 16th - 17th century
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Willem Isaaksz Swanenburg, St. Paul, 16th - 17th century
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Entrance to a Dutch Port, ca. 1665 Willem van de Velde the Younger (Dutch, 1633-1707)Oil
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Willem Panneels, Esther avant Assuerus, 17th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (3)
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Real Art Ways: Kevin Van Aelst: Photographic Works
Founded in 1975, Real Art Ways is one of the country’s seminal multi-disciplinary alternative spaces, featuring an extensive gallery exhibition program, as well as commissioned projects for public spaces and an on-going series of artist discuss...
Bonnefanten Museum: Art from the Cape: Dutch and Flemish Masterpieces from the Cape Town Michaelis Collection
A restorer from the Limburg Conservation Institute Maastricht will be working on two paintings during the exhibition. This process will be accessibly presented to the visitors. The Michaelis Collection was put together by the diamond trader...
Bonnefanten Museum: The Rijksmuseum Comes to Maastricht: Works from the Southern Netherlands on Loan
Next year, the current loan scheme will be extended further due to the ongoing refurbishment of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which as a result will only be able to exhibit the highlights of 17th century art from the Northern Netherlands. ...

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Willem van Aelst Online
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Willem Van Aelst (1626 - 1687) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
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