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Harmen van Steenwyck (1612-56)
Leading Exponent of Vanitas Painting
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Biography
Among the leading Dutch Realist artists of the Delft/Leiden school, Harmen Steenwyck became one of the best still life painters of his time, specializing in the genre of vanitas still life painting, during the early years of Dutch Realism (c.1600-80) in Protestant Holland.
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In the field of still life pictures he ranks alongside his uncle David Bailly (1584-1657), as well as other exceptional painters like Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-83), Pieter Claesz (1597-1660), Willem Kalf (1622-93) and Willem Claesz Heda (1594-1681).
He is best known for his masterpiece "An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life" (1640, National Gallery, London). Other exceptional paintings by Harmen Steenwyck include: "Still Life with Skull, Books, Flute and Whistle" (1646, Kunstmuseum Basel); "Still Life with Earthe