Still Life
Willem Kalf
c. 1660
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 64.4 x 53.8 cm (25 3/8 x 21 3/16 in.) framed: 83.8 x 69.9 cm (33 x 27 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CNE-B
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Chester Dale Collection
Accession Number
1943.7.8
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Willem Kalf · 1619–1693
Willem Kalf, baptized on November 3, 1619, in Rotterdam, emerged as one of the Dutch Golden Age's preeminent still-life painters. Born to a prosperous cloth merchant, Jan Jansz. Kalf, and Machtelt Gerrits, he lost his father amid scandal in 1625 and his mother in 1638, prompting his departure from Rotterdam around age 18. He studied under Hendrik Gerritsz. Pot, though early works show stronger aff...