Artist: Willem Van Aelst (1626 - 1687)
Nationality: Dutch
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Initially taught by his uncle in Delft, Willem van Aelst then joined the Delft painter’s guild in 1643 before working in France later that decade. He served as the court painter in Florence to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando II de’ Medici. While in Italy, he encountered other Dutch naturalist painters who may have influenced the development of Van Aelst’s detailed style. In 1657, he settled in Amsterdam and painted his famous still-life paintings that depicted glassware, silver, fruit, and flowers much like the work of Willem Kalf. He also produced over sixty game pictures between 1652 and 1681.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Willem van Aelst Flowers in a Silver Vase oil on canvas 1663
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Still Life with Dead Birds and Game Bag
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Willem van Aelst - Group of Flowers 1675 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum Dutch
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Willem van Aelst - Vanitas Flower Still Life c. 1656 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art Dutch
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Willem van Aelst - Still Life with Dead Game 1661 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Pieter Coecke van Aelst Triptych: (right wing) Mary Magdalen (left wing) Joseph of Arimathaea oil on panel 16th century
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Frans Hals - Willem Coymans 1645 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Nicolaus van Aelst Planter del Conclave in fede nacanter di Leone XI (Pope Leo XI and the conclave of priests) engraving 1605
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Willem van Lande Cavalry engagement Engraving 17th century
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Pieter Coecke van Aelst - The Adoration of the Magi c. 1530 oil on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art Flemish
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J.C. Folkema Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) book with 60 etchings and engravings 1716
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Entrance to a Dutch Port, ca. 1665 Willem van de Velde the Younger (Dutch, 1633-1707)Oil
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Willem van der Gouwen The Beheading of Thascius Cyprianus Line engraving (book illustration) 17th - 18th century
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J.C. Folkema Il Callotto resuscitato,second plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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Willem Linnig [Two women with instruments] 19th century
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Willem van Herp Merry Company oil on canvas 17th century
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Jacobus Houbraken (Gustaaf Willem...) 1742
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J.C. Folkema Ordre etListe ... , first plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le chevalier rustique armÈ..., forty-fifth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Cornet a cornes dorÈs..., thirty-second plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le plus puissant prince..., twenty-third plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema La garde-couche des chiennes, fifth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Madame Cul de Paris..., eighteenth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema L'amiralgeneral de la flotte..., fiftieth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Scenes from the Life of the Prodigal Son
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J.C. Folkema Hali Nasilli Pascha.., fifteenth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le marquis de force-nature..., forty-third plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le St. Porte-Lunettes profetiques, fourth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le maÓtre des juifs cherchant vainement..., fifty-fifth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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Abraham Blooteling Portrait of Willem van Haren Sr. Engraving 1680
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Willem de Heusch The Pilgrim and the Shepherd Etching 17th century
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Pieter Tanje Portrait of Willem von Haren ENG 18th century
J. Paul Getty Museum -
The Sacrifice at Lystra
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle Rosersberg 17th century
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle Ostanaa 17th century
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle Carlberg 17th century
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle Carlberg 17th century
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle Rosersberg 17th century
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle Arx Moorby 17th century
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J.C. Folkema La paisane drolatique..., fourty-fourth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le marquis chapelier large..., thirty-third plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le grand voiturier de Bachus..., fifty-third plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le chevalier de l'ordre metaphysique..., thirteenth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le patrouille nocturne..., fifty-second plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Jacques Ries nÈ a Prague..., fifty-eighth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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Willem de Kooning Untitled (Two Women) lithograph 20th century
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J.C. Folkema Le mercure terrestre des amoureux..., forty-second plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le grand maÓtre del'opera des danseurs grotesques..,twenty-first plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le St. Bocalin pacifique (Gustavus Weinberger), sixth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Jordan de vuide-ecurie.., twenty-seventh plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema L'heros des bien-payans..., twenty-ninth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Roger Beauchant dans l'opera des gueux, third plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le professuer des faineans pelerins..., thrity-sixth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema La pucelle de hier et avanthier..., thirtieth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716)32786 etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema L'amazone infernale fille...,thirty-seventh plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le marquis des grosses paruques..., nineteeth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le capitaine de pots ‡ chambre..., thirty-fifth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le neveu de St. Ive...Mr. Curtius van Pleithuisen.., ninth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Pierre Gros Pecheur ..., fourteenth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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Willem de Heusch Les trois chevres et le mulet Etching 17th century
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Willem Panneels Esther avant Assuerus Eng-ET 17th century
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J.C. Folkema Le mars rustique ou le noble paisan..., forty-sixth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle Drottning Homensis 17th century
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle Drottning Homensis 17th century
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J.C. Folkema Le monarque de l'empire des pipe tabacs..., thirty-fourth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema C'est un beau cabinet ornÈ de masqurades(sic),thirty-first plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le grand protecteur des vaut-riens..., fifty-fourth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Conrad brutal sergeant Suisse Roman ..., sixteenth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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Mathias de Sallieth Portrait of M.Willem Bilderdyk 1790
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J.C. Folkema La bergËre moquant de l'amour..., twenty-fourth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema La dame louche dans l'opera..., twentieth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le Saint Bonard de Miel Picant...,sixtieth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema La tourneuse royale des factions mutinÈs, twenty-second plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le fameuse Margot de l'Abime...,thirty-ninth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema La matrone des mariages de la premiere age..., forty-seventh plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716 etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le baron de douce-maison..., fifty-ninth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt One of 11 landscapes Etchings 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt The Good Samaritan 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt One of 11 landscapes Etchings 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt One of 11 landscapes Etchings 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt One of 11 landscapes Etchings 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt One of 11 landscapes Etchings 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt One of 11 landscapes Etchings 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt One of 11 landscapes Etchings 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt One of 11 landscapes Etchings 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt One of 11 landscapes Etchings 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt One of 11 landscapes Etchings 16th - 17th century
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Willem or Guillaume van de Nieulandt One of 11 landscapes Etchings 16th - 17th century
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Jacobus Houbraken (Willem Karel Hendrik Friso...) circa 1751
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J.C. Folkema Jean Skinner nain bien-bati..., twenty-eighth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Druse, foudroiant ses jeux tous les duelleurs, thirty-eighth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le porte-besace ou le gentilhomme pauvre-content, fifty-first plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le vendeur oraculeux du beautemps...Moese Possegroes.., tenth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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Willem Panneels David Cutting off the head of Goliath Eng-ET 17th century
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J.C. Folkema Le baron de cherche...Nicolas Charon viconte de Corbeillac..., eighth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema Le docteur sans parole... Monsieur le Chevalier Pondeau..., seventh plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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Willem de Jouge Swiddle Templum Cathedrale Upsaliense 17th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait of a Man Willem Drost (Dutch, active 1652-80)Oil on canvas; 34 1/8 x 28
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J.C. Folkema L'orateur du nuit armÈ ou le president du parlement..., forty-eighth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716
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J.C. Folkema La reine imaginÈe de la terre inconnu..., fifty-sixth plate in the book Il Callotto resuscitato (Amsterdam: Willem Koning, 1716) etching and engraving 1716

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (3)
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Real Art Ways: Kevin Van Aelst: Photographic Works
Founded in 1975, Real Art Ways is one of the country’s seminal multi-disciplinary alternative spaces, featuring an extensive gallery exhibition program, as well as commissioned projects for public spaces and an on-going series of artist discuss...
Bonnefanten Museum: Art from the Cape: Dutch and Flemish Masterpieces from the Cape Town Michaelis Collection
A restorer from the Limburg Conservation Institute Maastricht will be working on two paintings during the exhibition. This process will be accessibly presented to the visitors. The Michaelis Collection was put together by the diamond trader...
Bonnefanten Museum: The Rijksmuseum Comes to Maastricht: Works from the Southern Netherlands on Loan
Next year, the current loan scheme will be extended further due to the ongoing refurbishment of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which as a result will only be able to exhibit the highlights of 17th century art from the Northern Netherlands. ...

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