Floris van Schooten
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Floris van Schooten, was a Dutch Golden Age
still life
painter.
who came to live in Haarlem in 1612. During that period, many Catholic families left Amsterdam where the Protestants had the upper hand in local government, for Haarlem, where the climate for Catholicism was more tolerant. The young Van Schooten became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
and married the daughter of a leading beer brewer there, Rycklant Bol van Zanen. Together they had 3 daughters and a son Johannes, who also became a painter.
., and Roelof Koets
. His work also shows familiarity with the work of the painter Pieter Aertsen
, who was renowned in Van Schooten's time for both his religious altarpieces and lush still lifes.
Van Schooten became the dean of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1639. He was prolific, and many of works can be found in museums such as the Louvre
. He influenced Jacob Samuel Beck, François Garnier, Hans van Sant, and the Monogrammist "VS.Z".
Van Schooten died in 1655 in Haarlem.
Dutch Golden Age
The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...
still life
Still life
A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...
painter.
Biography
According to the RKD, Van Schooten was the son of a leading Catholic family of AmsterdamAmsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
who came to live in Haarlem in 1612. During that period, many Catholic families left Amsterdam where the Protestants had the upper hand in local government, for Haarlem, where the climate for Catholicism was more tolerant. The young Van Schooten became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for a large number of trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius.-History:...
and married the daughter of a leading beer brewer there, Rycklant Bol van Zanen. Together they had 3 daughters and a son Johannes, who also became a painter.
Works
Abraham Bredius attributed the works of the monogrammist "F.v.S" or "FVS" to this painter in 1918. He primarily painted kitchen and market scenes. His works show the influence of his contemporaries in the Haarlem guild, Floris van Dyck, Pieter ClaeszPieter Claesz
Pieter Claesz was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter.-Biography:He was born in Berchem, Belgium, near Antwerp, where he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1620. He moved to Haarlem in 1621, where his son, the landscape painter Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem was born...
., and Roelof Koets
Roelof Koets
Roelof Koets , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to the RKD, he was the teacher of his son, the later painter Andries Koets. He worked together with the Haarlem still life painters Pieter Claesz and Jan Jansz van de Velde...
. His work also shows familiarity with the work of the painter Pieter Aertsen
Pieter Aertsen
Pieter Aertsen , called Lange Pier because of his height, was a Dutch historical painter. He was born and died in Amsterdam, and painted there and in Antwerp, though his genre scenes were influential in Italy.-Biography:...
, who was renowned in Van Schooten's time for both his religious altarpieces and lush still lifes.
Van Schooten became the dean of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1639. He was prolific, and many of works can be found in museums such as the Louvre
Louvre
The Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
. He influenced Jacob Samuel Beck, François Garnier, Hans van Sant, and the Monogrammist "VS.Z".
Van Schooten died in 1655 in Haarlem.