The Getty’s Stupendous Dutch Still Life Acquisitions

Two works by Dutch Golden Age painters Pieter Claesz and Jan Davidsz. de Heem mark the first works by these artists to enter the museum’s collection.

"Still Life With Assorted Fruit," circa 1622, by Pieter Claesz. Getty Center, Los Angeles. Public Domain

The Los Angeles Getty Museum has filled gaps in their collection with the recent acquisitions of two exquisite 17th-century Dutch still life paintings.

The circa 1622 “Still Life With Assorted Fruit” by Pieter Claesz is a small, superb picture by one of the genre’s leading Dutch Golden Age painters. Claesz was known for his meticulously observed and technically skilled artworks, and this early panel is the first of his works to enter the Getty’s collection.