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Isaac WigansAlternative spellings: Isac Wigans and Isack WiegansPh. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius, De liggeren en andere historische archieven der Antwerpsche sint Lucasgilde
Volume 2, Antwerp, 1864, pp. 22 and 26, on Google books (
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
at Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge The artist was active in Antwerp until his death in the year 1662 or 1663.
Only three signed works by the artist are known.Isaac Wigans, ''A pie and a partially peeled lemon on pewter platters, a silver tazza, a silver-gilt cup and cover, a knife, a tankard, a wine glass and a linen cloth on a draped table''
at Christie's Isaac Wigans was a
Volume 2, Antwerp, 1864, pp. 22 and 26, on Google books (
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
, 1615 – Antwerp, c. 1663) was a Flemish still life
A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, m ...
painter
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...
active in Antwerp. He is known for his fruit still lifes and banquet-style still lifes. He may also have been active as a copyist or imitator of monochrome banquet still lifes in the style of contemporary Dutch artists in The Hague.Isaac Wigansat the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Life
Little is known about the life of the artist. He was born in Antwerp where he was baptized on 11 June 1615. He trained with the Flemish history painterVincent Malo
Vincent Malo or Vincent Malo I ( Cambrai c. 1602 or 1606 – Rome, 14 April 1644) was a Flemish painter who after training and working in Antwerp was mainly active in Italy, where he was known, amongst others, as Vincenzo Malo, Vincenzo Malò ...
. He was registered in the guild year 1631-1632 at the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a pupil of Malo. He was probably not identical with the Isac Wigans who was registered at the Antwerp Guild as a master in 1651 as the son of an existing member. It is likely that this was a younger member from his family.Isaac Wigans, ''A still life with a silver tazza, a pie, a peeled lemon, a flute glass, a goblet and an earthenware jug on a draped table''at Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge The artist was active in Antwerp until his death in the year 1662 or 1663.
Work
Only three signed works by the artist are known.Isaac Wigans, ''A pie and a partially peeled lemon on pewter platters, a silver tazza, a silver-gilt cup and cover, a knife, a tankard, a wine glass and a linen cloth on a draped table''at Christie's Isaac Wigans was a
still life
A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, m ...
specialist who is known for his fruit still lifes and banquet style-still lifes. He is also believed to have painted monochrome banquet still lifes in the style of contemporary Dutch artists active in The Hague such as Pieter Claesz and Willem Claesz Heda. There is no unanimity among art historians on the attribution of certain works to the artist.
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wigans, Isaac 1615 births 1663 deaths Flemish Baroque painters Flemish still life painters Artists from Antwerp Painters from Antwerp