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Nicolaes Gillis

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Still life, 1611

Nicolaes Gillis (1595, Antwerp – 1632, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter.

Biography

According to the RKD he is known for fruit and flower still lifes and is known as one of the first few painters of the banketje, or "breakfast still life".[1] He was influenced by Floris van Dyck.[1] He married in Haarlem in 1615 and is documented there up to 1632.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Nicolaes Gillis in the RKD