Finally, Kalf re-created the rough texture of the skin with sure touches of the brush. van Es, Wassenaar. Closed, East Building One of the most characteristic types of painting in Holland in the seventeenth century was still-life which was brought to a higher level of refinement there than anywhere else in Europe. The fish, salt and nautilus all have a connection to the sea – perhaps the picture was a commission from a guild of merchants who dealt in such goods. Around it, in a carefully planned disorder, ⦠The paint was applied over a smooth, thin beige ground in thin, fluid layers, with liquid washes and full-bodied pastes employed to simulate surface texture. [12] West Building For Jan Vos’ poem, written in 1654, see Lucius Grisebach, Willem Kalf, 1619–1693 (Berlin, 1974), 21; for Vondel’s poem, published in 1663, see Lucius Grisebach, Willem Kalf, 32. [8] [8]See, for example, Lucius Grisebach, Willem Kalf, 1619–1693 (Berlin, 1974), 286, nos. Still Life with Nautilus Cup, after Willem Kalf (1665/1670) SIZES ⢠9 x 12 (Image: 7.5 x 8.88) ⢠12 x 16 (Image: 10 x 11.88) ⢠16 x 20 (Image: 13 x 15.5) ⢠20 x 24 (Image: 16 x 19) ⢠24 x 30 (Image: 19 x 22.56) Archival Inkjet on Matte Finish Fine Art Paper ABOUT THE ARTWORK Willem Kalf was a ), they determined after restoration that it was an “old copy.” Agnew’s subsequently sold the painting at auction on August 18, 1970. Sylvia Böhmer (Munich, 2007), 150–155. Sylvia Böhmer (Munich, 2007), 150–155. 135, dates this painting to the late 1660s because of the dark tonality and the prevalence of gold tonalities in the work. Such free adaptations in the shapes of objects are common in Kalf’s paintings; a variant of this same base is used as a support for a glass in his. Heda. de Stomme'. Willem Claesz. Dutch, 1619 - 1693. 1689' (upper right, above a pile of papers) oil on canvas 18½ x 14¼ in. Parts of the picture are well painted: the nautilus, the crispy textured flesh of the fish, the soldier, the beer and wine seen through the surface of the glasses, and the reflection of a window in the roemers. For a discussion of artists working in Kalf’s manner, see Ima Blok, “Willem Kalf,”. If it were upright, we‘d see that it’s the spout of an ornate silver jug – the dragon’s head forms its tip. (Kalf’s original is lost.) probably by another hand, lower left on edge of tabled: W.Kalf. Still-Life with a Nautilus Cup (1662, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid) is an example by Kalf which places a peeled lemon at the centre of his still life composition. [9] [9]Lucius Grisebach, Willem Kalf, 1619–1693 (Berlin, 1974), 279, however, explained the weakness of the painting that he considered to be the original by dating it to the end of Kalf’s career: “Qualitativ stellenweise recht schwaches Spätwerk.” He does not, however, discuss the workshop problem. It was added after the paint had dried, presumably by another hand. Minor losses are scattered at random. Still life: Pewter and Silver Vessels and a Crab, Bequeathed by Claude Dickason Rotch, 1962, Research, private study, or for internal circulation within an educational organisation (such as a school, college or university), Non-profit publications, personal websites, blogs, and social media. Closed, Sculpture Garden If you have a ticket for a future visit, we'll be in touch with you soon. The focus is a precious drinking cup made from a nautilus shell. See also Arnold Houbraken, De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen, 3 vols. Price: US $100.73. This cup consists of a polished turban shell mounted on an elaborately wrought, gilded-silver base made in the form of a putto holding a horn of plenty. Although the blue-and-white Wan-Li porcelain bowl, decorated with colored biscuit figures representing the eight immortals of Taoist belief, is already found in Kalf’s paintings from the early 1660s, most prominently in his Still Life with Nautilus Cup of 1662 (Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid),[10] [10]For an illustration, see Ivan Gaskell, Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Painting: The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection (London, 1990), no. Read our full Open Access policy for images. A Still Life with Fruit and Lobster National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Gallery. Gerrit doesn’t necessarily want to give an impression of instability – he may have used this method to show skill at projecting objects into space towards us. [2] [2]Jurriaen’s son, Hendrick van Streek (1659–after 1719), also painted in the manner of Kalf. SEE OUR 2020 HOLIDAY SHIPPING GUIDELINES. Sep 19, 2013 - Still Life with Nautilus Cup and Oyster, 1640 by Willem Claesz Heda | Museum Quality Oil Painting Reproduction and Canvas Print 16053 | TOPofART This Still Life with Nautilus Cup must be one of those workshop replicas. Even though Still Life with Nautilus Cup has many qualities of a Kalf composition, it must be one of these replicas. Heda has placed a huge fish on a pewter plate. [1] Probably Colonel Towers. 62.292; see Sam Segal, A Prosperous Past: The Sumptuous Still Life in the Netherlands, 1600–1700 [Delft, 1988], 195, 249, no. It has been lined with the tacking margins trimmed, although cusping present along all edges suggests that the original dimensions have been retained. [1] Noted in Lucius Grisebach, Willem Kalf, 1619-1693, Berlin, 1974: 279. See, for example, his Still Life with Nautilus Cup (Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig). Learn More Add to cart. He also lists various copies of these works, copies of lost originals, questionable works, and wrongly attributed paintings. 10, 74–77. Lucius Grisebach, Willem Kalf, 1619–1693 (Berlin, 1974), 160, 276–277, no. Heda doesn't necessarily want to give a feeling of instability. He gives no reason for having determined this work to be a copy. You must agree to the Creative Commons terms and conditions to download this image. Perhaps Gerrit’s picture was also a commission from a guild of merchants who dealt in such goods. The compositional elements of the present work indicate that Kalf’s original composition must have been executed in the late 1660s. Its edges are carefully wrought to show both the irregular cut of the knife and the thickness of the skin. Abraham Hendriksz van Beijeren or Abraham van Beyeren was a Dutch Baroque painter of still lifes. ), Anonymous Artist Still Life with Nautilus Cup and Fruit by Johann Georg Hainz, Netherlands, undated, oil on canvas - Chazen Museum of Art - DSC02086.JPG 3,148 × 3,973; 3.22 MB. 2] [fig. Gerrit worked for most of his career in the studio of his father Willem Claesz. 140a. [12] [12]Although the bases of the Leipzig and National Gallery of Art paintings are similar, slight differences do occur. Open Access image. (The Hague, 1753; reprint, Amsterdam, 1980), 2:218–219; and Gérard de Lairesse, Groot schilderboeck, 2 vols. Looking down at the jug is a small silver figurine of a soldier, dressed in the costume of a hundred years before. Willem Kalf was one of the most celebrated, sought after, and successful still-life painters of the seventeenth century. In Kalf’s own hand the rind has a three-dimensional presence as it twists and turns in space. 56). The support, a medium-weight, tightly and plain-woven fabric, is composed of irregularly spun threads and was originally stretched off-square. 1] [fig. (painter), Willem Kalf Commission your own museum quality hand painted reproduction of " Still Life with Nautilus Cup " on a high quality cotton-linen canvas, originally by artist Willem Kalf. It’s called a nautilus cup and is meant to impress. Grisebach, who in 1974 was the first to recognize that Still Life with Nautilus Cup was a replica, considered Kalf’s original composition to be a painting formerly on the art market. A Still Life with a Nautilus Cup Leiden, Holland, 1632 Oil on wood 77.5 x 64.7 cm The objects are arranged to demonstrate the artistâs skill in showing the play of light on different materials. B6, B7, B8. The image file is 800 pixels on the longest side. the unusual nautilus cup appears only later in the decade. De Heem rendered the mother-of-pearl gleam of the exotic nautilus shell with remarkable precision. (artist after) That painting, however, is also a replica, but by a different hand. no. The most firmly dated of these three specimens is also one of the most beautifully and delicately engraved: it is the nautilus-shell silver standing-cup and cover by Bartel Jamnitzer, a leading goldsmith of Nuremberg, which was purchased in 1588 by the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, Wilhelm IV, and is still preserved in Kassel (H. 41 cm; see E. Link, âDie Landgräfliche Kunstkammer Kasselâ, 1976, pl. The paintings we create are only of museum quality. [6] [6] Lucius Grisebach, Willem Kalf, 1619â1693 (Berlin, 1974), 279, no. 2] Detail of lemon, Willem Kalf, Still Life, c. 1660, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Collection, 1943.7.8). If you have chosen a Canvas Print of "Still Life with Nautilus Cup and Oyster" by Claesz Heda without a frame, it shall be ready for shipment within 48 hours. We offer free shipping as well as paid express transportation services. Still Life with Nautilus Cup. The type of still life that Kalf painted was called 'pronkstilleven'. On top are the gilded figures of Neptune and some feisty-looking tritons, his fierce mythical attendants, riding a sea-horse with wings. The most obvious disparity is in the depiction of the lemon rind in each painting ([fig. The turban shell, for example, sits directly on the head and hand of the putto in the Leipzig painting, whereas in the National Gallery of Art painting it is raised above the putto by three circular forms. Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., “Anonymous Artist, Willem Kalf/Still Life with Nautilus Cup/1665/1670,” Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century, NGA Online Editions, https://purl.org/nga/collection/artobject/54976 (accessed January 06, 2021). (Haarlem, 1740; reprint, Soest, 1969), 266–268. But it’s on the edge of the table, easily knocked off; the roemers next to it are also in danger. The signature at the lower left crosses over drying crackle but not the age cracks. Willem Kalf composed this still life using a triangular structure whose base lies on the edge of the marble tabletop and its apex at the top of the long, narrow wine glass visible behind the nautilus shell. You may download complete editions of this catalog from the catalog’s home page. For an illustration, see Ivan Gaskell, Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Painting: The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection (London, 1990), no. Beside him there’s a bowl holding rock salt, another precious commodity, and a half-full tankard of beer. Objects sit on the table at a perilous angle or materialise from nowhere, but the one that takes centre stage is secure. [11] This cup consists of a polished turban shell mounted on an elaborately wrought, gilded-silver base made in the form of a putto holding a horn of plenty. Still life with Ewer and Basin, fruit, Nautilus Cup and other object, ca. [5] [5]Similar comparisons can be made with other paintings containing identical objects, such as the blue-and-white Chinese bowl in Kalf’s Still Life with Nautilus Cup in the Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Closed. The combination of metal and shell ⦠sumptuous still lifes of luxurious objects. The blue-and-white Wan-Li porcelain bowl with lid is decorated with colored figures representing the eight immortals of Taoist belief. Lucius Grisebach, Willem Kalf, 1619–1693 (Berlin, 1974), 160, 276–277, no. Some still-lifes have symbolic meanings - the vanity of earthly wealth - but others, including those of the greatest ⦠He gives no reason for having determined this work to be a copy. Read our full Open Access policy for images. However, a letter of 17 April 1989 from H. de Boer to Anke van Wagenberg-ter Hoeven says the firm purchased the painting from Speelman in 1958. ), they determined after restoration that it was an “old copy.” Agnew’s subsequently sold the painting at auction on August 18, 1970. Jurriaen’s son, Hendrick van Streek (1659–after 1719), also painted in the manner of Kalf. © 2021 National Gallery of Art Notices Terms of Use Privacy Policy. Download a low-resolution copy of this image for personal use. DE Search Menu Similar comparisons can be made with other paintings containing identical objects, such as the blue-and-white Chinese bowl in Kalf’s Still Life with Nautilus Cup in the Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. While later imitations may also have been made, it would have been consistent with seventeenth-century workshop practice for studio assistants, perhaps with the aid of the master, to make replicas of the master’s most successful paintings. But it’s on the edge of the table, easily knocked off; the glasses next to it also tip sideways. ), framed: 90.8 x 80 x 9.5 cm (35 3/4 x 31 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. Item Information. A tube ending in a silver dragon’s head lies beside the nautilus, seemingly coming from nowhere. Form is simplified, edges give no hint of the rind’s thickness, and paint highlights sit on the surface, doing little to create the sense of texture. Such free adaptations in the shapes of objects are common in Kalf’s paintings; a variant of this same base is used as a support for a glass in his Still Life, 1663, in the Cleveland Museum of Art (inv. [fig. The turban shell, with its mother-of-pearl luminosity and symbolic association with a cornucopia, made it a particularly appropriate focal point for Kalf’s images of wealth and prosperity. 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