Paul Taylor, Nautilus 1; Nautilus 2; Nautilus 3 (three works) (1995)

Like the other two still lifes by Kalf in the Collection, this is a mature work executed during his Amsterdam period. It falls within the type known as a Pronkstilleven. Using a ve...

The still life, a pictorial representation of foodstuffs, objects or inanimate objects, was one of the artistic genres that became fully independent in the 17th century. The origin...

Willem Kalf settled in Amsterdam in 1653 following his return from Paris in 1646 and a period in Rotterdam and Hoorn in 1651, having married in the latter city. The three still lif...

2 beds of metal with rounded gables, long sides of metal wire mesh. The shortest of the beds has pressed short sides with angels in relief. The longer L 11 cm, the shorter L 9 cm, ...