Pieter Steenwijck - Still-Life - WGA21769

Pieter Steenwijck (c. 1615,

Delft Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...

– 1666, Delft), was a

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painter.

Early life

Steenwyck was born in

, 1615. He was the brother of Harmen Steenwijck, also a still-life painter. His father was Evert Hamenz who was an eyeglass maker. He and his brother were taught to paint by their uncle

David Bailly David Bailly (1584–1657) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Bailly was born at Leyden in the Dutch Republic, the son of a Flemish immigrant, calligrapher and fencing master, Peter Bailly. As a draftsman, David was pupil of his fathe ...

in Leiden. Baily is credited with inventing the

vanitas A ''vanitas'' (Latin for 'vanity') is a symbolic work of art showing the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death, often contrasting symbols of wealth and symbols of ephemerality and death. Best-known are ''van ...

genre and he influenced Steenwyck to paint in the vanitas genre.

Career

In 1642 he became a member of the Delft

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and in 1644 he became a member of the

Leiden Guild of St. Luke The Leiden Guild of Saint Luke refers to three artist collectives in Leiden; the ''Leidsche St. Lucas Gilde'' dating from 1648, the newer ''Leidse Tekenacademie'' established in 1694, and the collective known as ''Ars Aemula Naturae'' (art compet ...

.Pieter Steenwijck
in the

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