Willem Kalf

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Dutch | 1619 - 1693

Willem Kalf was a Dutch Old Masters painter who was born in 1619. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Milwaukee Art Museum have featured Willem Kalf's work in the past.Willem Kalf's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 300 USD to 2,775,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1999 the record price for this artist at auction is 2,775,000 USD for A chafing dish, two pilgrims' canteens, a silver-gilt ewer, a plate and other tableware on a partially draped table, sold at Christie's New York in 2019. Willem Kalf has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in May 2025. The artist died in 1693.

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Still life with a Chinese salt jar, silver, objects of vertu, a cut melon, bread, a paper packet in a porcelain bowl, and a pink rose, all on a table draped with a Persian carpet ,1658

By Willem Kalf

+46%

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Large Vanitas Still Life

By Willem Kalf

-25%

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A peasant couple by a well with a distant view of Paris

By Willem Kalf

+17%

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Interior of a barn with a man and a woman in front of a fireplace

By Willem Kalf

+134%

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A gilt cup and cover, a roemer, a façon-de-venise glass, peaches, oranges and a peeled lemon in a porcelain bowl on a partially draped table

By Willem Kalf

-31%

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Large Vanitas Still Life

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Past Exhibitions

Dutch Art in a Global Age: Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

High Museum of Art

Atlanta | Georgia | USA

19 Apr, 2024 - 14 Jul, 2024

Art, Life, Legacy: Northern European Paintings in the Collection of Isabel and Alfred Bader

Milwaukee Art Museum

Milwaukee | Wisconsin | USA

29 Sep, 2023 - 28 Jan, 2024

Asia in Amsterdam: The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age

Peabody Essex Museum

Salem | Massachusetts | USA

27 Feb, 2016 - 05 Jun, 2016

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Articles

The National Gallery acquires one of only 14 paintings by 17th-century Dutch pioneer of bird's-eye view banquets

ArtDaily 26 May, 2025

The National Gallery has acquired one of the greatest examples of 17th-century Dutch still-life paintings 鈥� a rare picture, one of only 14 known to exist, by a pioneering painter of richly laid tables with a variety of objects and foodstuffs rendered in exquisite detail.

Dutch Golden Age Explained

Daily Art Magazine 09 Sep, 2024

When one thinks of any Golden Age, the first thing that comes to mind is the 17th-century Netherlands at its glory 鈥� the Dutch Golden Age.

Dutch Still Life Explained in 6 Famous Painters

Daily Art Magazine 26 Nov, 2024

In the art world, it is commonly agreed upon that still life painting as a genre rose in the Netherlands in the last quarter of the 16th century.

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鈥� .. This year鈥檚 display will feature a wide range of responses to Kalf鈥檚 work, including artwork in a range of media, digital animation, dance and opera... 鈥�
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The National Gallery, London

Willem Kalf

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