Jacob van Es

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Jacob van Es, Still life of fruit in porcelain bowls, c. 1630.
Jacob van Es, Still life of fruit in porcelain bowls, c. 1630.

Jacob van Es (c. 1596 – 1666) was a Flemish Baroque still life painter active in Antwerp. His restrained ontbijt (breakfast) pieces share many similarities to contemporaries Osias Beert and Clara Peeters, and typically show various foods on a sharply angled table in the foreground.

[edit] Sources

  • Mulders, Christine van. "Es [Esch; Fobsen; Foppes van Essen; Fossen; Fossens], Jacob van," Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press, [November 18, 2007].
  • Vlieghe, Hans (1998). Flemish art and architecture, 1585-1700. Pelican history of art. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300070381
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