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Willem Kalf
1662
Medium
Olie på lærred
Classification
Maleri
Department
Den Kongelige Maleri- og Skulptursamling
Museum
SMK — National Gallery of Denmark
Credit
SMK — Statens Museum for Kunst
Accession Number
KMS384
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Maleri
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...