Willem van Aelst Painting Reproductions Gallery 1 of 2
1627-c.1683Dutch Baroque Painter
Willem van Aelst (May 16, 1627, Delft - in or after 1683, Amsterdam) was a Dutch artist who specialized in still-life painting with flowers or game.
Van Aelst was born to a family of prominent city magistrates. He learned to paint from his uncle, the still-life painter Evert van Aelst. On 9 November 1643 he enrolled as a master of the Guild of Saint Luke at Delft.
Between 1645 and 1649 he lived in France. In 1649 Van Aelst travelled to Florence, where he served as court painter to Ferdinand II de Medici, grand duke of Tuscany. At this time, the grand duke also employed two fellow Dutchmen Matthias Withoos and Otto Marseus van Schrieck, the latter also a still-life painter who probably influenced Van Aelst's style.
In 1656 he returned to the Netherlands to settle permanently in Amsterdam. He became one of the most prominent still-life painters of his generation, which allowed him to live on the Prinsengracht. He must have died in 1683 or shortly thereafter, as his latest dated work is from that year. Van Aelst taught Rachel Ruysch and several others.
42 Paintings of Willem van Aelst
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Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Germany
Still Life with Hunting Equipment and Dead Birds
$2124
$58.32
National Museum Stockholm Sweden
Dead Birds and Hunting Gear
$2196
$50.46
Gemaldegalerie Berlin Germany
Still Life of Dead Birds and Hunting Weapons
$2591
$57.38
Museum of Fine Arts Houston USA
A Still Life of Game and a Blue Velvet Game Bag ...
$2075
$59.13
Art Gallery at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Austria
Vase with Flowers and Pocket Watch
$2050
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco California USA
Flowers in a Silver Vase
$2443
$90.18
Private Collection
Peaches, Chestnuts and Grapes in an Overturned ...
$1864
$65.76
Private Collection
Peonies, Carnations, Thistles and other Flowers ...
$2109
$65.76
Private Collection
Still Life with a Roemer and Dish of Oysters
$1375
$48.77
Private Collection
A Still Life with Two Peaches and Bunch of Grapes ...
$1223
$48.77
Private Collection
Still Life with Peaches and Grapes
$1847
Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery The Hague Netherlands
Vase of Flowers with Pocket Watch
$2437
$56.58
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts Moscow Russia
Roses and Peaches
$1390
$49.34
Hamburger Kunsthalle Hamburg Germany
The Bag
$2098
$63.50
Private Collection
Still Life with Grapes and Peaches
$2399
$54.96
Private Collection
Still Life with Grapes, Plums, Figs and a Melon ...
$1324
$53.35
Private Collection
Flowers in a Silver Vase with a Snail and a Butterfly
$1293
$49.34
Schlossmuseum Schloss Friedenstein Gotha Germany
Still Life with Herring
$1324
Private Collection
Fruit Still Life
$1223
Private Collection
Still Life of Fruits
$1536
$48.77
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University Massachusetts USA
Vanitas Still Life
$46.44
Private Collection
A Still Life of Peaches on a Pewter Plate
$1377
$48.77
Private Collection
A Still Life with Grapes, Peach, Cabbage-White ...
$1223
$48.77
Private Collection
Still Life with Fruits and a Finch
$1324
$48.77
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