Clara Peeters

Not to be confused with Clara Peters.

Vanitas painting by Clara Peeters, c. 1610, deemed to be a self-portrait.

Clara Peeters (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈklaːraː ˈpeːtərs]; fl. 1607–1621) was a Flemish still-life painter from Antwerp who worked in both the Spanish Netherlands and Dutch Republic.[1]

Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels, c. 1615, with the "signed knife", and a reflection of the painter on the rim of the jug lid. Bought by the Mauritshuis in 2012.

Peeters is the best-known female Flemish artist of this era and one of the few women artists working professionally in seventeenth-century Europe, despite restrictions on women's access to artistic training and membership in guilds.[2][3] Peeters specialized in still-life paintings with food and was prominent among the artists who shaped the traditions of the Netherlandish ontbijtjes, "breakfast pieces," scenes of food and simple vessels, and banketjes, "banquet pieces" with expensive cups and vessels in precious metals.[4]

  1. ^ Slive 1995, p. 281
  2. ^ Nochlin, Linda (30 May 2015). "From 1971: Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. ^ Vlieghe 1998, p. 10
  4. ^ Hochstrasser 2013, pp. 534–537