GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Painting sumptuous banquet tables laden with silver and gold vessels, fancy glassware, fine fruit, and expensive table coverings of damask, satin, and velvet was a specialty of Abraham van Beyeren. Works of this kind gave him the opportunity to demonstrate his skill at describing the play of light on a variety of different surfaces and to organize luxurious objects into opulent compositions.
Still–life painting was enormously popular in 17th–century Holland. Van Beyeren's paintings stand apart from most, however, in his unusually loose and energetic brushwork.
Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, DMA label copy, 2010.
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Created 1650s
August 2010
van Beyeren, Abraham (Dutch, 1620-1690)
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Place of origin: Netherlands (nation): TGN: 7016845
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- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam~View a similar still life by van Beyeren at the Rijksmuseum.
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco~Read a biography of Abraham van Beyeren.
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General Description
Painting sumptuous banquet tables laden with silver and gold vessels, fancy glassware, fine fruit, and expensive table coverings of damask, satin, and velvet was a specialty of Abraham van Beyeren. Works of this kind gave him the opportunity to demonstrate his skill at describing the play of light on a variety of different surfaces and to organize luxurious objects into opulent compositions.
Still–life painting was enormously popular in 17th–century Holland. Van Beyeren's paintings stand apart from most, however, in his unusually loose and energetic brushwork.
Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, DMA label copy, 2010.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam~View a similar still life by van Beyeren at the Rijksmuseum.
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco~Read a biography of Abraham van Beyeren.
Notes
Checked Piction
Unable to enter Geo Xrefs because of TMS issue
Created 1650s
August 2010
van Beyeren, Abraham (Dutch, 1620-1690)
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: Netherlands (nation): TGN: 7016845
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
VIDEO ASSETS
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