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Floris Gerritsz van Schooten or Floris van Schooten (between 1585 and 1588 – buried 14 November 1656)Floris van Schooten
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In 1612 he married the daughter of the most prosperous local beer brewer, Rycklant Bol van Zanen. Together they had three daughters and a son Johannes, who also became a painter. Floris van Schooten is mentioned as a member of the city's Corporation in 1641.
He died in Haarlem where he was buried on 14 November 1656 in the Grote Kerk.
He painted many still lifes featuring his recurrent favourite motifs of ham and cheese. He influenced Jacob Samuel Beck, François Garnier, Hans van Sant, and the Monogrammist "VS.Z".
Floris Gerritsz van Schooten or Floris van Schooten (between 1585 and 1588 – buried 14 November 1656)Floris van Schootenat the
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painter who practised in a broad range of still life genres including breakfast pieces, fruit pieces, market scenes and large kitchen pieces.Floris van Schooten, ''Kitchen scene''at Sotheby's
Life
Floris van Schooten was the son of Gerrit Jacbsz van Schooten, a member of a prosperous Catholic family fromAmsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...
, who had moved to Haarlem in 1612. At that time, many Catholic families left Amsterdam where the Protestants had the upper hand in local government, for Haarlem, where the climate for Catholicism was more tolerant.About Floris van Schootenat Jean Moust The young van Schooten became a member of the
Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for various trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius.
History
During the lifetime of Geertgen tot Sint Jans, there was probably a ...
. He served as the dean of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1639.
In 1612 he married the daughter of the most prosperous local beer brewer, Rycklant Bol van Zanen. Together they had three daughters and a son Johannes, who also became a painter. Floris van Schooten is mentioned as a member of the city's Corporation in 1641.
He died in Haarlem where he was buried on 14 November 1656 in the Grote Kerk.
Work
About 120 works are attributed to Floris van Schooten. The Dutch art historian Abraham Bredius attributed the works of the monogrammist "F.v.S" or "FVS" to Floris van Schooten in 1918. There is only one fully signed work known by van Schooten, a breakfast still life, which is now in the Von der Heydt Museum of Wuppertal in Germany. There are over 60 monogrammed paintings known and an even larger number which are unsigned, but are securely attributed to him. Floris van Schooten painted in various still life genres including breakfast pieces, fruit pieces, market scenes and large kitchen pieces. He was not an innovator himself but reflected in his works promptly the innovations that occurred in the local still life scene. His oeuvre thus bears testimony to the historic development of still life painting in the Netherlands. His works show the influence of his contemporaries in the Haarlem guild, Floris van Dyck,Pieter Claesz
Pieter Claesz (c. 1597 – 1 January 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes.
Biography
He was born in Berchem, Belgium, near Antwerp, where he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1620. He moved to Haarlem in 1620, wher ...
., and Roelof Koets. His work also shows familiarity with the work of the painters Pieter Aertsen
Pieter Aertsen (1508 – 2 June 1575), called ''Lange Piet'' ("Tall Pete") because of his height, was a Dutch painter in the style of Northern Mannerism. He is credited with the invention of the monumental genre scene, which combines still life ...
and Joachim Beuckelaer
Joachim Beuckelaer (c. 1533 – c. 1570/4) was a Flemish painter specialising in market and kitchen scenes with elaborate displays of food and household equipment. He also painted still lifes with no figures in the central scene.
, who in the preceding century had created in Antwerp large-scale market scenes incorporating still lifes. Floris van Schooten simplified the format of these predecessors thus creating a greater sense of order and stability.
He painted many still lifes featuring his recurrent favourite motifs of ham and cheese. He influenced Jacob Samuel Beck, François Garnier, Hans van Sant, and the Monogrammist "VS.Z".
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schooten, Floris van 1580s births 1656 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Amsterdam Artists from Haarlem Date of birth unknown Place of birth unknown Painters from Haarlem Dutch still life painters