[Sca-cooks] Food on Plates Pieter Claesz

[Johnna Holloway]

Came across this notice this am.

Pieter Claesz: Master of Haarlem Still Life
    September 18 - December 31, 2005 
    West Building, Dutch Cabinet Galleries
Washington DC

Pieter Claesz, who lived and worked in Haarlem between 1621 and 1660, 
was one of the most important Dutch still-life painters of the 17th 
century. Claesz pioneered the development of monochrome table-top still 
lifes (the so-called monochrome banketjes), quietly restrained works 
imbued with an extraordinary sense of naturalism. The exhibition will 
showcase 25 of Claesz's still lifes from all phases of his career. The 
paintings of mincemeat pies, breads, lemons, olives, nuts, fruits, and 
wine are visual feasts that delight the eye and whet the appetite.
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/claeszinfo.shtm
Highlights here--
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2005/claesz/claesz_ss1.shtm

Johnnae