Fine Art

Still Life with Books — History & Facts

While Segers’ stack of books looks unassuming enough, it is entirely original, and may even be the earliest still life in European graphic art. While still lifes frequently feature in 17th-century paintings, they are rarely found in black-and-white (in prints).

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Etching by Hercules Segers depicting a landscape with a river, town, and four towers

Valley with a River and a Town with Four Towers

Hercules Segers

Etching by Hercules Segers depicting a river, town with towers, and mountains.

Valley with a River and a Town with Four Towers

Hercules Segers

Landscape with a Waterfall, Second Version, etching by Hercules Segers

Landscape with a Waterfall, Second Version

Hercules Segers

Landscape with a Plateau, etching by Hercules Segers, featuring a river and moonlight.

Landscape with a Plateau, a River in the Distance

Hercules Segers

Valley with a river and a town with four towers, etching by Hercules Segers

Valley with a River and a Town with Four Towers

Hercules Segers

Ruins of the Abbey of Rijnsburg, Small Version by Hercules Segers, etching depicting abbey and clouds.

Ruins of the Abbey of Rijnsburg, Small Version

Hercules Segers

A road bordered by trees with a city in the background, etching by Hercules Segers

A Road Bordered by Trees, a City in the Background

Hercules Segers

Etching by Hercules Segers depicting a waterfall, trees, and rocks.

Landscape with a Waterfall, Second Version

Hercules Segers

Landscape with a plateau and a river in the distance, etching by Hercules Segers

Landscape with a Plateau, a River in the Distance

Hercules Segers

Landscape with a waterfall, etching by Hercules Segers

Landscape with a Waterfall, Second Version

Hercules Segers

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Still life of apples on a table, oil on canvas by Paul Cezanne

The Basket of Apples

Paul Cezanne

Sheaves of Wheat by Vincent van Gogh, oil on canvas depicting golden wheat bundles

Sheaves of Wheat

Vincent van Gogh

Still Life with Inkwell by Pablo Ruiz Picasso, oil on canvas featuring an inkwell and abstract shapes.

Still Life with Inkwell

Pablo Ruiz Picasso

Still life oil painting by Jean Siméon Chardin featuring a white tablecloth with intricate folds.

The White Tablecloth

Jean Siméon Chardin

Still life with apples, a pear, and a ceramic portrait jug, oil on paper by Paul Gauguin

Still Life with Apples, a Pear, and a Ceramic Portrait Jug

Paul Gauguin

Still Life by Pieter Claesz, oil on panel, featuring fruit, a silver goblet, and porcelain.

Still Life

Pieter Claesz