Nicolaes Gillis (1595,

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– 1632,

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), was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

still life painter.

Biography

According to the RKD he is known for fruit and flower still lifes and is known as one of the first few painters of the ''banketje'', or "breakfast still life".Nicolaes Gillis
in the

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He was influenced by

Floris van Dyck Floris van Dyck, also called Floris van Dijck or Floris Claesz. van Dyck (c.1575 – before 26 April 1651) was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter. Biography van Dyck lived in Haarlem for most of his life, but he was born in Delft. He was a ...

. He married in Haarlem in 1615 and is documented there up to 1632.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gillis, Nicolaes 1595 births 1632 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Artists from Antwerp Dutch still life painters Artists from Haarlem