Juan van der Hamen

Juan van der Hamen
Still life with fruits and glassware,
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Born
Juan van der Hamen y Gómez de León

bapt. (1596-04-08)8 April 1596
Died28 March 1631(1631-03-28) (aged 34)
NationalitySpanish
Known forPainting
Movementbodegones, still life

Juan van der Hamen y (Gómez de) León (baptized 8 April 1596 – 28 March 1631) was a Spanish painter, a master of still life paintings, also called bodegones. Prolific and versatile, he painted allegories, landscapes, and large-scale works for churches and convents. Today he is remembered mostly for his still lifes, a genre he popularized in 1620s Madrid.