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Jan Dirven
Jan DirvenAlso referred to as Jan Dirvens and Jan Diervens (baptized Antwerp, 8 April 1625 – Antwerp, 5 December 1653) was a Flemish still life painter who was active in Antwerp and in the Dutch Republic. He painted fish still lifes and banquet still lifes in the style of The Hague school of still life painters,George van Eekelen, ''Genealogie of stamboom van de familie Dirven, Dilven en Derven'' Life Jan was born in Antwerp as the son of Adriaen Cornelis Dirven (originally from Breda) and Helena van Dael, He started his art studies at the age of 7 and was registered as an apprentice of Rombout Meesens at the Antwerp Guild of St Luke.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still Life With Fish (Jan Dirven) - Nationalmuseum - 17732
A still is an apparatus used to distillation, distill liquid mixtures by heating to selectively Boiling, boil and then cooling to Condensation, condense the vapor. A still uses the same concepts as a basic distillation apparatus, but on a much larger scale. Stills have been used to produce perfume and medicine, water for injection (WFI) for pharmaceutical use, generally to separate and purify different chemicals, and to produce distilled beverages containing ethanol. Application Since ethanol boiling point, boils at a much lower temperature than water, simple distillation can separate ethanol from water by applying heat to the mixture. Historically, a copper vessel was used for this purpose, since copper removes undesirable sulfur-based compounds from the alcohol. However, many modern stills are made of stainless steel pipes with copper linings to prevent erosion of the entire vessel and lower copper levels in the waste product (which in large distilleries is processed to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
