Still Life with Parrot and Snipes
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
37.5; 6.5; 47
About this artwork
signature and date: ‘CL: F. 1655’
About the Artist
Cornelis Lelienbergh · 1626–1676
Cornelis Lelienbergh, a prominent still-life painter of the Dutch Golden Age, was born around 1626 in The Hague, where he spent much of his career. Little is known of his early training, but by age 20, in 1646, he gained admission to the city's Guild of Saint Luke, paying the non-resident fee, which suggests he may have apprenticed elsewhere before establishing himself locally. In 1649, he married...