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Still Life with a Silver Jug and a Porcelain Bowl

1655 - 1660

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

h 73.8cm × w 65.2cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

canvas; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

stillevens van diverse voorwerpen; container of precious metal; glass of wine; fruits: lemon; watch

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1821

Notes

hoogte 73,8 cm x breedte 65,2 cm

Collection Type

paintings

About Willem Kalf

1619–1693Dutch Republic

Dutch painter who is primarily remembered for his meticulous and often complex still lifes, although he explored other genres. Dutch painter, art dealer and appraiser. He was formerly thought to have been born in 1622, but H. E. van Gelder’s important archival research established the artist’s correct place and date of birth. Kalf came from a prosperous patrician family in Rotterdam. Probably trained with Hendrik Pot in Haarlem. He is documented in Paris in 1641, and possibly arrived there a couple of years earlier; by 1646 he had returned to Rotterdam, and in 1651 he married in Hoorn.