Cornelis de Heem (8 April 1631 (baptized) – 17 May 1695 (buried)) was a still-life painter associated with both Flemish Baroque and

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ccessed 21 April 2008 He was a member of a large family of still-life specialists, of which his father, Jan Davidszoon de Heem (1606–1684), was the most significant. Cornelis was baptised in

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on 8 April 1631, and moved with his family to Antwerp in 1636. He appears to have been trained by his father in Antwerp, who, like him, was born in the

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but died in the

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. Jan's subsequent career, like many painters—especially after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648—moved fluidly between the two traditionally-connected areas of the north and south

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. He became a member of the

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in 1660, and from 1667 until the late 1680s he was variously active in

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, and

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. It is often not easy to distinguish the works of the different members of the family, which included his brother Jan Jansz., nephew Jan Jansz. II, and son David Cornelisz. (1663–after? 1718), who all painted mostly flower and fruit pieces in a similar style and probably often collaborated.Neil MacLaren, ''The Dutch School, 1600-1800, Volume I'', National Gallery Catalogues'', pp. 163–4, 1991, National Gallery, London, Cornelis's works, however, tend to be small, display a preference for strong blues, and, over time, shifted away from the painterly style preferred by his father. He died in Antwerp, aged 64. Image:Cornelis de Heem 01.jpg Image:Cornelis de Heem 02.jpg Image:Cornelis de Heem 03.jpg Image:Cornelis de Heem 04.jpg File:1657 de Heem Prunkstilleben mit kopulierenden Spatzen anagoria.JPG, ''Pageantry Still Life with copulating sparrows'', 1657, Städelsches Kunstinstitut

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