#hendrick andriessen

[dutch-and-flemish-painters]

Godfriedt van Bochoutt - Vanitas still life with a poem concerning the death of Charles I - 1665

Godfriedt van Bochoutt (1659–1666) was a Flemish still painter who was active in his native Bruges and Rotterdam. The limited body of work attributed to him ranges from fruit still lifes, hunting still lifes, vanitas still lifes and trompe l'oeil paintings.

Van Bochoutt's Vanitas still life with a poem on the death of Charles I (signed and dated 1668, at Bonhams auction of 23 October 2019, London lot 67TP) is one of his most extensive and explicit vanitas paintings. The usual moral lessons of vanitas still lifes are conveyed by the objects represented in this still life: the brevity of life and the unstoppable march of time are symbolized by the skull, extinguished candle, empty pipe, smoldering fuse, wilting flowers, decaying fruit, dead animals, an almanac and a watch; the role of chance in life by the dice and playing cards; the hardships of life in the peeled lemon and the emptiness of worldly achievements and power in the ink stand, globe, musical scores and books. The latter theme is particularly highlighted by a reference to the fate of the executed English king Charles I of England. The composition depicts a playing card of a king lying on its side, a crown and a Dutch-language mourning poem on the death of Charles I which is lying over a skull. The poem is stated at its bottom to have been printed in Amsterdam in 1665. In the Northern Netherlands there was a lot of sympathy for the executed king among the large community of exiled English Royalists and a significant number of Dutch citizens. Other Dutch and Flemish still life artists, such as Vincent van der Vinne, Hendrick Andriessen and Carstian Luyckx, were also producing vanitas still lifes on the death of King Charles I for the Dutch market.

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[teratomarty]

Vanitas, by Hendrick Andriessen.

I think we need to make memento mori en vouge again in popular art. I don't just mean silly dancing skeletons or Latin phrases I want everyone and their dog to know that a lingering shot of a flower means the protagonist is going to die. It's a win win- helping to bring back media literacy and reminding those grindset weirdos that you can't take it with you when you're dead. And you will die. It's not a matter of if it's a matter of when and you're sure gonna wish you spent more time being happy and less time hustling when that fucking flower finally wilts

[disease]

“A SKULL, ROSES, A CARNATION AND OTHER FLOWERS, PIPES, AN OIL LAMP AND A BUBBLE IN A STONE NICHE” aft. HENDRICK ANDRIESSEN // N.D. [oil on canvas | 18 ¾ x 14 ¼”]

[artschoolglasses]

Still Life (Vanitas), Hendrick Andriessen, 1637

[robertmatejcek]

Vanitas (with Cosmo) - digital media - robert matejcek - 2021

Bob Harris: “Looks severe.”

- Bill Murray - Lost in Translation

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Hendrick Andriessen, Flemish (1607-1655)

Memento Mori

[whathappensafterdeath]

Hendrick Andriessen, Vanitas, before 1655

[epifizz]

Still Life with a Mask, Hendrick Andriessen  (1650-1655)  

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Hendrick Andriessen (1607-1655) "Vanitas still life with a globe, sceptre, a skull crowned with straw" (c. 1650) Located in the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Massatchuestts, United States

[ars-videndi]

Hendrick Andriessen (Flemish, 1607 - 1655), Vanitas still life with mask, c.1650-1655, oil on canvas Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

[writingyouressayforyou-blog]

art-history introduction

Artistic Traditions as seen within Hendrick Andriessen’s Still Life Paintings

Hendrick Andriessen’s painting, Still Life (Vanitas), reflects an artistic tradition of morality and repentance with the subjects presented within it. The art-historical context of this is greatly significant in that it affects the themes and message of the piece, as death and Godly judgement were greatly feared at the time of its creation. The painting itself demonstrates the idea that earthly pleasures and a lifestyle built on materialism is fleeting and unfulfilling as every human being, regardless of socioeconomic standing, gender, race, or education is subject to the same ending, that ending being death. It reflects tradition, not only through the mediums with which it was created but with the message behind it. These traditions were important to reflect within visual pieces such as this one because of the general populations lack of the ability to read and understand Latin meant that many biblical and traditional lessons were lost on the larger portion of the population, and Vanitas being a visual representation of such lessons was considered a perfect way to do it.

[karrova]

Vanitas, ca. 1650

Hendrick Andriessen 

[sakrogoat]

Hendrick Andriessen - Vanitas

[grundoonmgnx]

Hendrick Andriessen, Vanitas Still Life with a Mask, n.d. 48 x 43 cm Oil on canvas

[dutch-and-flemish-painters]

Pieter van der Willigen - Still Life with skull, book, pipe, caraf, and hour-glass - ca. 1655

Pieter van der Willigen (17 December 1634 – 8 June 1694) was a Flemish Baroque painter.

According to Cornelis de Bie, he was born in Bergen op Zoom and was a good still-life painter. According to the RKD, he became a pupil of Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert in 1652, was a member of the Guild of St. Luke from 1655 to 1669, and became poorter in Antwerp in 1661. He is known as a still-life painter who influenced David Bailly. In 1662 his brother Jan van der Willigen was his pupil. He died in Antwerp.

Many paintings formerly attributed to him have been re-attributed to Hendrick Andriessen, especially those with a wreath of straw on top of a skull. Today very few works remain that can be attributed to him, though De Bie wrote a page-long poem about his "still" paintings, and Houbraken also included a poem about his still-life paintings from another source.