Nicolaes van Verendael

Flowers in a glass vase on a ledge

Nicolaes van Verendael or Nicolaes van Veerendael[1] (1640 in Antwerp – 1691 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp who is mainly known for his flower paintings and vanitas still lifes. He was a frequent collaborator of other Antwerp artists to whose compositions he added the still life elements.[2] He also painted a number of singeries, i.e., scenes with monkeys dressed and acting as humans.[3]

  1. ^ Variant name spellings: Nicolaas van Veerendael, Nicolaas van Verendael
  2. ^ Nicolaes van Verendael at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
  3. ^ Bert Schepers, Monkey Madness in Seventeenth-Century Antwerp, in: The Rubenianum Quarterly, 2012 2, p. 5