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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c Nicolaes Gillis in the RKD