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Jan Janszoon de Heem (bapt. 2 July 1650,
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– after 1695) was a Dutch Golden Age still-life painter and the son of Jan Davidszoon de Heem (1606–1684) and the half-brother of Cornelis de Heem (1631–1995).Sam Segal, "Jan
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This family of still-life specialists, of which father Jan Davidszoon de Heem is the most significant, had a strong impact on the
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Jan was baptised in
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on 2 July 1650, but was trained by his father in
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. His works, in fact, are nearly indistinguishable from his father's, and the fact that they both signed them as ''J de Heem'' have meant that many paintings in major collections attributed to Jan Davidszoon are actually by Jan Janszoon.


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* 1650 births 1690s deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch still life painters Artists from Antwerp Flower artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub