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Jan Heem
(1606-1683/84)
Heem, Jan Davidsz. de (1606-83/84). Dutch still-life painter. He
was born at Utrecht and his rare early pictures are in the style of
Balthasar van der Ast,
who taught him there. Later he worked in Leiden and showed
that he had studied the restrained and simple works of the Haarlem still-life
artists Claesz. and Heda. In 1636 he moved to
Antwerp, became a citizen of that city in 1637, and spent most of his very
productive life there. The paintings he did in Flanders are the ones for
which he is most renowned and are very different in spirit from his earlier
works: splendid flower pieces and large compositions of exquisitely laid
tables which breathe all the opulent exuberance of Flemish
Baroque
painting. His work formed a link between the Dutch and Flemish still-life
traditions and he is claimed by both schools. He came from a large family
of painters and his many followers in Flanders and Holland included his
son Cornelis (1631-95).
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