Hendrick Andriessen

Vanitas, ca. 1650

Hendrick Andriessen (1607–1655) was a Flemish Baroque still-life painter.

Biography

According to Cornelis de Bie, he was born in Antwerp and died in Zeeland. He was known as Mancken Heyn, or crippled Hein, though his still-life paintings were highly regarded and weren't at all crippled.[1] He joined the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp in 1637.[2] He is known mainly as a still-life painter, and his still-life paintings mostly fall into the category of Vanitas.[3] Many paintings formerly attributed to Pieter van der Willigen have since been reassigned to Andriessen.

His works are at least sometimes oil paintings on canvas.[4]

Vanitas Quiet Life

One of his more famouse works, an oil on canvas known as 'Vanitas Quiet Life', is believed to be a reference to the death of King Charles I by decapitation, especially because of the use of a skull, a crown and scepter, and other related objects.[5]

References

  1. Het Gulden Cabinet, p. 176
  2. Hendrick Andriessen in the RKD
  3. an example of his Vanitas
  4. an example of his oil on canvas
  5. pg. 1, 2

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